Kabir Garba Marafa

Kabir Garba Marafa is a Nigerian politician who was elected Senator for Zamfara Central in Zamfara State, Nigeria in the April 2011 elections, running on the All Nigeria People's Party (ANPP) ticket.[1]

Kabir Garba Marafa
Senator for Zamfara Central
In office
June 2011 – June 2019
Preceded byHassan Muhammed Gusau
Succeeded byHassan Muhammed Gusau
Personal details
Born1962
NationalityNigerian
Political partyAll Progressive Congress (APC)
Alma materKaduna Polytechnic
OccupationWorked with Kaduna Refinery,NNPC.
ProfessionChemical Engineer
Graduated from Kaduna Polytechnic.All Round Best Student.

Engineer Kabir Garba Marafa was formerly the Commissioner for Water Resources in Zamfara State. He defected from the People's Democratic Party (PDP) to the ANPP before the election. He ran against the incumbent Senator Hassan Muhammed Nasiha (Hassan Gusau), who ran on the PDP platform.

Marafa owns houses in Gusau, Abuja & Kaduna where he spends most of his time when he is not on legislative duties.

In 2018, Marafa ran for the governorship nomination of the ruling All Progressives Congress in Zamfara State but lost as a result of internal crisis in the party. The party at the time was factionalized with one faction under his control and the other was in the grip of then Governor Abdul-aziz Yari. The factions conducted parallel primaries[2][3] but Independent National Electoral Commission recognised the candidates produced by Yari's faction. But Marafa had argued that the party did not conduct valid primaries[4][5] and challenged the legality of the primaries purportedly conducted by Yari's faction up to the Supreme Court. On 24 May, the court ruled that the primaries conducted by Yari's faction were illegal and annulled it invalidating the election of all APC candidates in the 2019 general elections in Zamfara State.[6][7] The apex court ruled that the votes received by the APC in the 2019 polls were void because it did not present candidates at the election having failed to conduct valid primaries. 

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References
  1. "Meet your new Senate". Daily Times. April 11, 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-03.
  2. "Zamfara APC crisis: Yari organises parallel primary as NWC panel fails to meet INEC deadline". TheCable. 2018-10-08. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  3. "Zamfara APC crisis: Gov. Yari organises parallel primary". The Sun Nigeria. 2018-10-09. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  4. "APC did not Conduct primaries in Zamfara - Marafa insists". Businessday NG. 2019-03-31. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  5. "APC Senator Marafa Insists Party Didn't Conduct Primaries In Zamfara".
  6. "Supreme Court Sacks Zamfara APC Candidates, Says Party Held No Primaries". Channels Television. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  7. Published. "Appeal Court vindicated our position on Zamfara APC primaries — Marafa". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  8. "Zamfara ANPP guber candidate warns PDP against intimidation". People's Daily. 15 February 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-03.
  9. Umar, Shehu (6 January 2011). "Nigeria: Zamfara - The Gladiators Are Ready". allAfrica. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
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