predecessor religion nationality party office term_start article_title term_end name
hassan muhammed gusau islam nigerian all nigeria people 's party -lrb- anpp -rrb- senator for zamfara central may 2011 kabir garba marafa
 may 2015 bassey edet otu
kabir garba marafa

kabir garba marafa is a nigerian politician who was elected senator for zamfara central in zamfara state , nigeria in the april 2011 elections , running on the all nigeria people 's party -lrb- anpp -rrb- ticket .
engineer kabir garba marafa was formerly the commissioner for water resources in zamfara state .
he defected from the people 's democratic party -lrb- pdp -rrb- to the anpp before the election .
he ran against the incumbent senator hassan muhammed nasiha -lrb- hassan gusau -rrb- , who ran on the pdp platform .
