Isah Mohammed Bello
Date of Birth: 1 January 1968
State of Origin: Niger
Gender: Male
Qualifications: WAEC
Elections Contested: 1
Bio
Isah Mohammed Bello is listed in this record as a male Nigerian politician, born on 1 January 1968, with education at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University and the University of Suffolk. His running mate is Mustapha Abdulrahman.
The profile text also includes an extended biographical account of Mohammed Umar (Umaru Bago), born 22 February 1974 in Minna, Niger State, described as a banker and politician who became governor of Niger State on 29 May 2023 after defeating Isah Liman Kantigi. That account says he represented Chanchaga Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, attended Marafa Primary School and Federal Government College Jos, earned a political science degree at Usman Danfodio University, and later completed postgraduate training at the Federal University of Technology Minna, Ambrose Ali University, the University of Calabar, and Cambridge University.
The same text further states that he worked at UBA, FCMB, and Afri-Bank, joined politics in 2007, came second to Femi Gbajabiamila in a 9th Assembly speakership contest, chaired the House Committee on Maritime Safety, Education and Administration, and in 2016 urged staff rationalization and prudent spending at the Maritime Commission/NIMASA. It also says he won the APC Niger governorship primary and then the election with 469,896 votes, ahead of Kantigi's 387,476.