GOVERNOR ABDUL-AZIZ YARI ABUBAKAR OF ZAMFARA STATE
Alhaji Abdul-Aziz Yari Abubakar, Governor-elect of Zamfara State was born 42 years ago in his state precisely on January 1st, 1969. Yari Abubakar has been politically active since 1999 after his education.
He was elected to represent Talata Mafara/Anka Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives that year. He was Taraba State Chairman of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) and a member of the cabinet of former Governor Ahmed Sani Yerima.
When Zamfara State Governor Mahmud Shinkafi defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in January 2009, taking the ANPP’s state executive committee with him, the ANPP’s National Headquarters in Abuja was forced to create a caretaker committee headed by Yari. The committee’s tenure was repeatedly extended.
Yari was elected Governor of Zamfara State in the April 26th, 2011 elections. He ran on the platform of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP).



