Umar Saidu

Umar Saidu is listed as a male Nigerian politician with a record date of birth of 1967-01-01, qualifications recorded as FSLC, WAEC, and Bachelor of Agriculture, and a birthplace entry of Zamfara State. The profile text also includes a detailed account of Saidu Muhammed Dansadau (born 20 June 1953), who was elected Senator for Zamfara Central at the start of the Fourth Republic on the APP platform, took office on 29 May 1999, and was re-elected in April 2003 on the ANPP platform.

In that account, Dansadau is described as having obtained a BSc in Education and a PGD in Public Administration, worked as an educationalist, and remained active in farming after beginning medium- and later large-scale farming in 1977. He also served as Sokoto State Secretary of the NPN from 1981 to 1983, sat on Senate committees including Public Accounts, Health, Labour, Commerce (as chairman), National Planning, and Internal Affairs, and served for several years as secretary-general of the Northern Senators' Forum.

The same profile states that in March 2005 he called on Senate President Adolphus Wabara to resign over the N55 million bribery scandal, and that Wabara resigned in April 2005 after allegations of a $400,000 bribe involving education minister Fabian Osuji. It further states that he opposed a third-term bid for President Olusegun Obasanjo, said in February 2006 he would boycott a constitutional review hearing that could enable it, warned in April 2006 that Nigeria could break up if the move succeeded, commended Vice President Atiku Abubakar for opposing the proposal, defended him against impeachment efforts, left the Senate in May 2007, and announced in October 2008 that he was leaving the ANPP and partisan politics.