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Former governor of Kano State and former presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Abubakar Rimi, has died after an armed robbery attack.

He was reportedly unhurt in the encounter with the robbers around 11pm last night. The robbers were said to have recognised him and decided not to rob him. Instead, they seized his phones so that he would not report to the police.On getting to Kano, he was said to have been in shock. His personal doctor, it was gathered, checked his blood pressure and decided to take him to the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital. He never recovered and was pronounced dead shortly after.His body has been moved to his residence in Kano and will be buried according to Islamic rites this morning.

Initial reports said he was shot in the head in the attack which took place at a village called Darki in Wudil Local Government Area, Kano State, while he was returning from Bauchi State where he had gone for his eldest daughter's wedding.
But it was later revealed that he suffered no gunshot wounds. However, given that his blood pressure had shot up during the attack, he might have suffered a massive stroke, leading to his death.

The radical politician, who was instrumental to the victory of Chief MKO Abiola in the June 12, 1993 presidential election in Kano State, was travelling in a Landcruiser SUV in company with three other persons who are believed to be his relations.
Rimi had become politically reclusive in recent times and led a faction of the PDP in Kano called Garkuwa (Shield). He also staunchly supported President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua.

He was born in 1940 in Rimi Village, Sumaila Local Government Area, Kano State. According to wikipedia.com, Rimi attended an instructor's course at the Institute of Administration, Zaria. He obtained a General Certificate of Education (GCE) from the University of London.

In 1972, he did a diploma in International Affairs at the London institute of World Affairs, and later obtained a Master's Degree in International Relations.In January 2006, his wife was killed at his home. His son was among those charged for the murder, but was later released. It was treated as an armed robbery case.

Rimi was co-founder with the late Mallam Aminu Kano and other progressives the People's Redemption Party (PRP).
In December 1978, he was elected PRP's Deputy National secretary at the party's first national convention in Lagos. He was the PRP candidate in the 1979 general election and was elected the governor of the old Kano State.

After a disagreement with the party's leader, Alhaji Aminu Kano, he defected to the Nigeria Peoples Party (NPP) in 1983 and resigned as governor "on principle". He lost the governorship election that year to Alhaji Sabo Bakin Zuwo, who ran as the PRP candidate.

In 1993, Rimi was appointed Minister of Communications, and later Chairman of NACB and NSPMC.
He was one of the foundation members of the PDP in 1998. He was the Chairman of the Finance Committee of the party.

He was briefly touted as former President Olusegun Obasanjo's running mate in the 1999 presidential election, but Obasanjo eventually settled for Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. Rimi began to openly oppose Obasanjo and ran against him for PDP's presidential ticket in 2003, although the PDP had insisted that the position was zoned to the South.

He later moved to the Action Congress (AC) in 2006, but returned to the PDP in 2007. In December 2008, he called on the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), Professor Maurice Iwu, to resign from office, citing irregularities in the presidential election that brought Yar'Adua to power.

Source: http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=170177

that is a good one.
most of them whenever they are in power seem to forget abt security because they have too much guards arround them.
now that he is a common man and is vulnerable to robbers, ordinary seizure of phones, he died.
na waa, so what does he think of the common man whose daily experiences revolve arround these things.
in that case, robbers shld concentrate on these politicians.

chidichris:

that is a good one.
most of them whenever they are in power seem to forget abt security because they have too much guards arround them.
now that he is a common man and is vulnerable to robbers, ordinary seizure of phones, he died.
na waa, so what does he think of the common man whose daily experiences revolve arround these things.
in that case, robbers shld concentrate on these politicians.

Malaria does not know whether you are rich or poor - but one thing a rich man must do is to help eradicate mosquito with his resources or power same goes with Armed robbery

See people commenting when they don't even know the least bit about Abubakar Rimi. What really has the man ever done wrong to you?

This is a man who was a governor, but resigned because of issues he felt he could not have a free hand to deal with.

This is a man who openly confronts and challenges members of his own political party when they're doing wrong while in government.

This is a man who has been robbed more than once because he chooses to live an ordinary Nigerian life.

What else could you possibly want from him? How many times have you heard of IBB, OBJ, Igbinedion, Ibori, Odili, Abdulsalam, Marwa or Tinubu getting robbed? These are the people that rob us of our government funds and use it to secure themselves from robbers. If Rimi had stolen billions of dollars from Nigeria, do you think robbers will be able to go up to the sky and rob him in his private jet? Or pass through the security to rob him in a Hilltop castle?

Haha, I remember when one of his kinsmen called him a 'food is ready' politician.
He was a nice man though.
MHSRIP.

Ina lilah waina ilaehim rojiun, from God we came and to him is our return. May his soul rest in peace.

more will follow very soon:

bola ahmed tinubu ojuyobo,
gbenga daniel the laughing idiot
alao akala the bleaching gov
okahim of imo,
theodor orji and his useless criminal brother uzor
i wonder why the militant wont just waste sylva, but i guess hes one of them and they are all nothing but a pack of useless criminals
many more useless govs to follow in Jesus name

Regardless of whether this man, Rimi, was good or bad during his political lifetime, any person who has ever been held at gunpoint by bandits knows only too well the surreal momen-by-moment psychological trauma inflicted on victims, even if no apparent physical injuries result from the incident.

Violent crime victims, freed hostages and veterans of armed conflict all suffer from Post Stress Disorder Syndrome to one extent or another, often for the rest of their lives, and as this news story illustrates, many physically succumb to vivid recollections of past brushes with mortal terror after the fact, though frequently years later, and not always the very next day as it was with Mr. Rimi.

He's in a better place (Than Nigeria) (Even if he's gone to hell!)

R.I.P

Jakumo:

Regardless of whether this man, Rimi, was good or bad during his political lifetime, any person who has ever been held at gunpoint by bandits knows only too well the surreal momen-by-moment psychological trauma inflicted on victims, even if no apparent physical injuries result from the incident.

Violent crime victims, freed hostages and veterans of armed conflict all suffer from Post Stress Disorder Syndrome to one extent or another, often for the rest of their lives, and as this news story illustrates, many physically succumb to vivid recollections of past brushes with mortal terror after the fact, though frequently years later, and not always the very next day as it was with Mr. Rimi.

Do i sense some conspiracy theory brewing in your concluding statement boss?

dplordx:

more will follow very soon:

bola ahmed tinubu ojuyobo,
gbenga daniel the laughing idiot
alao akala the bleaching gov
okahim of imo,
theodor orji and his useless criminal brother uzor
i wonder why the militant wont just waste sylva, but i guess hes one of them and they are all nothing but a pack of useless criminals
many more useless govs to follow in Jesus name

I don't think Rimi belonged to this class of people you just listed so please be careful how u make ur comments. May his soul rest in peace.

Eh ya may his soul rest in peace.
We kip hearing Yaradua is dead and incapacitated but he still keeps outlivin the supposedly healthy and fit people, pls be careful wat u wish others, because life and death is in d hand of d one who created us.