the August 27th Stadium in Damaturu, Yobe State, Usman Albishir defeated former minister of Police Affairs Alhaji Adamu Maina Waziri and Mallam Garba Umar to clinch the party's governorship ticket for the general election in April 2011. Engineer Yakubu Bello withdrew from the race shortly before the commencement of the election while Hassan Saleh, erstwhile Secretary to Yobe State government, withdrew a few days later. Albishir scored 388 votes; Waziri got 226 while Garba Umar scored 46. Death Usman Albishir died by car accident on July 2, 2012. References Members of the Senate (Nigeria) 2012 deaths People from Yobe State All People's Party (Nigeria) politicians All Nigeria Peoples Party politicians 1945 births 20th-century Nigerian businesspeople 20th-century Nigerian politicians 21st-century Nigerian businesspeople 21st-century Nigerian politicians