Ibrahim Adamu Gumba is a Nigerian politician who was elected Senator for the Bauchi South constituency of Bauchi State

Bauchi State

Bauchi State is a State in northern Nigeria. Its capital is the city of Bauchi. The state was formed in 1976 when the former North-Eastern State was broken up...

, Nigeria

Nigeria

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 in the April 2011 national elections. He ran on the People's Democratic Party

People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)

The People's Democratic Party is a political party in Nigeria. Its policies generally lie towards the right wing of the political spectrum. It has won every single Presidential elections since 1999, namely: 1999, 2003, 2007, and 2011, and is the dominant party in the Fourth Republic.-History:In...

 (PDP) ticket.

Gumba was born on 10 October 1948. He obtained a BSc in Government. He worked in Nigeria Customs, where he rose to the position of Deputy Comptroller General.
Gumba became Head of the Bauchi State Civil Service.
In 2006 he was appointed the Commissioner of Education in Bauchi State.

The Bauchi-South Senatorial seat became vacant in May 2010 after Senator Bala Muhammed was appointed Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) by President Goodluck Jonathan

Goodluck Jonathan

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In the 23 August 2010 by-election for Senator for Bauchi South, Gumba received 273,764 votes, while Ibrahim Haruna of the All Nigeria People's Party

All Nigeria People's Party

The All Nigeria Peoples Party is a conservative political party in Nigeria. At the last legislative elections , the party won 27.0% of the popular vote and 92 out of 360 seats in the House of Representatives and 27 out of 109 seats in the Senate...

 (ANPP) trailed with 57,661 votes, and Danjuma Dabo of the Congress for Progressive Change

Congress for Progressive Change

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 (CPC) received 56,294 votes.

In the PDP primaries for the April 2011 election for the Bauchi South Senatorial seat, Gumba gained the nomination as the expense of former Senator Abubakar Maikafi and one-time Independent National Electoral Commission

Independent National Electoral Commission

The Independent National Electoral Commission , set up in 1998, is the electoral body which was set up to oversee elections in Nigeria.The INEC has encountered several controversies in the run-up to the April 2007 general elections, including criticism about its preparedness from Sada Abubakar,...

 (INEC) National Commissioner, Mohammed Abubakar.
In the elections, Gumba scored 312,627 votes, while Alhaji Mohammed Ibrahim of the All Nigeria People's Party

All Nigeria People's Party

The All Nigeria Peoples Party is a conservative political party in Nigeria. At the last legislative elections , the party won 27.0% of the popular vote and 92 out of 360 seats in the House of Representatives and 27 out of 109 seats in the Senate...

(ANPP) scored 114,281 votes.