ʽ Doguwa El-Jibril an zaɓe shi Sanata ga Kano ta Kudu mazaɓar na Jihar Kano, Nigeria a farkon na Nijeriya Fourth Jamhuriyar, yanã gudãna a kan jam'iyyar PDP (PDP) dandali. Ya hau mulki a ranar 29 ga Mayun shekara ta 1999. Bayan ya hau kujerar sa a Majalisar Dattawa a watan Yunin shekara ta 1999 an naɗa shi kwamitoci kan Masana'antu, Harkokin Waje, Ayyuka & Gidaje, Noma (Shugaban) da Labarai. A watan Nuwambar shekara ta 2005 Jibril ya fito a matsayin shugaban wani bangare na PDP da ake kira "PDP na Jama'a", wanda memba na kwamitin amintattu na PDP Alhaji Abubakar Muhammad Rimi ke jagoranta, wanda ke shirya tarurruka a fadin kasar nan. John Odey,sakataren yada labarai na PDP na kasa, ya ce sabuwar kungiyar ba ta da hurumin gudanar da babban taro tunda kungiya ce kawai.A matsayinsa na shugaban jam'iyyar Demokradiyyar Jama'ar Jihar Kano,a cikin watan Afrilun 2006 Jibril ya zargi Jam'iyyar All Nigeria People's Party (ANPP) da kitsa tashin hankali a lokacin ziyarar da shugaba Olusegun Obasanjo ya kai jihar a baya -bayan nan.