Mukhtar Shehu Idris

Mukhtar Shehu Idris (born April 4, 1974) is a Nigerian administrator and politician. He was the Governor-elect of Zamfara State in the 2019 gubernatorial election under the platform of All Progressive Congress (APC). Five days to his inauguration as governor of Zamfara State the Supreme Court annulled the election of Idris and all APC candidates in the 2019 elections and ordered Independent National Electoral Commission to declare all first runners in the election who satisfied the requirements of the law winners of the polls. His major challenger for the nomination of the APC for the governorship election in the state, Kabir Marafa [marafan gusau] had gone to court on the grounds that APC in Zamfara did not conduct primaries and prayed the court to disqualify all candidates of the party in the 2019 polls. Opposition People's Democratic Party candidates who lost at the polls were declared winners and became the major beneficiaries of the crisis in the APC. In January 2020, APC approached the Supreme Court for review of its earlier judgment but in a ruling on the 27 of March, 2020 the court declined a review of its own judgment which it said it is final and bidding on all parties in the case.

Early life He was born on April 4, 1974, in Tudun Wada, Gusau Local Government Area of Zamfara State.

Education After his primary education, he went to Government College Sokoto for his secondary education. He later studied at Bayero University Kano where he graduated with a BSc in Economics in 1997. In 2000, he returned to his alma mater where he obtained a master's degree in Banking and Finance. In 2003, he obtained a master's degree in International Affairs and Diplomacy from Ahmadu Bello University Zaria. He added two master's degree from Bayero University Kano in Development Studies (2005) and Treasury Management (2014). Alhaji Mukhtar was elected as the Governor of Zamfara State at the 2019 gubernatorial elections held on March 9, 2019.