Salihu Sagir Takai

Malam Salihu Sagir Takai
Commissioner Kano State
Incumbent
Assumed office 2003–2010
Governor	Ibrahim Shekarau
Chairman
In office 1999–2002
Governor	Rabiu Kwankwaso
Personal details
Born	(1955-12-20) 20 December 1955 (age 69) Takai, Northern Region,
Nationality	Nigerian
Political party	APC (2020 to present)
Other political affiliations	PRP (2018 to 2020) PDP (2014 to 2018) ANPP (1999–2014)
Occupation	Politician, Teacher

Salihu Sagir Takai is a Nigerian politician, an educationist, was a commissioner of Governor Malam Ibrahim Shekarau and the former chairman of Takai Local Government Area of Kano State and the 3 times Gubernatorial candidate of three parties ANPP (2011), PDP (2015),PRP (2019) and APC(2020).^[1]

Early life

Salihu was born in Takai Local Government Area of Kano State, he attended Kwalli Primary School, Kano.^{[citation needed]}

Political career

Salihu was elected Chairman of Takai Local Government Area while Engineer Rabiu Kwankwaso was the Governor of Kano State between 1999 and 2002, Salihu Become the Commissioner after Malam Ibrahim Shekarau was elected Governor of Kano State in 2003 Nigerian General Election. Shekarau anointed Takai as the defunct All Nigeria Peoples Party ANPP now All Progressive Congress APC, Gubernatorial candidate^[2][3] in 2011 Nigerian General Election who was defeated by Rabiu kwankwaso of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Salihu was also the Nominee of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)^[4] in 2015 Nigeria General Election where he was defeated by Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of All Progressive Congress (APC) he even congratulated the Governor before the official announcement of the Election result.^[5][6][7] In 2018 Takai Decamped to PRP after Rabiu Kwankwaso anointed Abba Kabir Yusuf as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Gubernatorial candidate^{[7][8][9][10]} Takai become the flag bearer of PRP where he choose Kabiru Muhammad Gwangwazo as his running mate in 2019 Nigeria general election after losing election to Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje^[11][12] for the second time, Takai Decamp to APC and joined his former boss Malam Ibrahim Shekarau^{[13][14][15][16]}

Takai was invited and detained twice by EFCC on the alleged corruption charges, the first while he was a commissioner of between 2003 and 2007 and the second in connection with the President Goodluck Jonathan N23bn campaign fund^[17]

References

1. "Takai joins Shekarau in APC - Daily Trust". dailytrust.com. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
2. Adelabu, EsinIslam The Muslim World Portal For Top News, Islamics And Information From The Awqaf The Society Of And Followers Of Sheikh Dr Abu-Abdullah; London, The Awqaf. "KANO: How Odds Favour Salihu Sagir Takai - Nigerian Elections 2011 :: EsinIslam The Muslim World Portal For Islamic News And Opinions". esinislam. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
3. "TAKAI: WHY KANO PEOPLE SHOULD LISTEN TO SHEKARAU". Nigerian Voice. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
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5. daniel (14 April 2015). "Kano: PDP Candidate Concedes Defeat, Congratulates Ganduje On Victory". Information Nigeria. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
6. Mudashir, Ismail (13 April 2015). "After Takai's defeat, what next for Shekarau in Kano?". Media Trust. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2023 – via PressReader.
7. "Why I Remain In PDP– Takai". Leadership Newspaper. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
8. "PRP faction says Takai not recognised as governorship candidate in Kano". Daily Nigerian. 11 November 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
9. "Takai Sets Up 15-man C'ttee For Kano Guber Election". concise.ng. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
10. "Kano guber candidate insists on issue-based politics, rejects fake news, hate speech". The Sun Nigeria. 10 December 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
11. "2019 Kano Governorship Pre-Election Poll". www.anapfoundation.com. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
12. "Kano APC leads in 8 LGAs, PDP 2". www.thenationonline.net. 10 March 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
13. "Salihu Sagir Takai". Elanza News. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
14. "Takai joins Shekarau in APC". Daily Trust. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
15. Digest, Politics (28 July 2020). "BREAKING: Takai Decamps To APC". Politics Digest. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
16. "Kano guber candidate insists on issue-based politics, rejects fake news, hate speech". The Sun Nigeria. 10 December 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
17. "EFCC arrest former Kaduna state governor, Ramalan Yero and ex PDP governorship candidate, Sagir Takai". Linda Ikeji's Blog. 17 May 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2021.