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mohammed danjuma goje gombe , gombe state , nigeria people 's democratic party -lrb- pdp -rrb- governor of gombe state 4 april 1962 29 may 2011 huvdbshivsdhvidiye8iug8y78t6efytude7y98y4.jpg ibrahim hassan dankwambo
 ibrahim hassan dankwambo
ibrahim hassan dankwambo

ibrahim hassan dankwambo -lrb- born 4 april 1962 -rrb- is a nigerian who was elected governor of gombe state , nigeria in the 26 april 2011 elections , running on the people 's democratic party -lrb- pdp -rrb- platform .
dankwmbo was born on the 4 april 1962 at gombe .
he graduated from ahmadu bello university in 1985 with a degree in accounting .
he obtained a master of science degree in economics from the university of lagos in 1992 and a phd in accounting from igbinedion university .
he began his career with coopers & lybrand in 1985 , and worked at the central bank of nigeria from 1988 to 1999 .
he was then appointed accountant general of gombe state , holding this position until 2005 .
he was appointed accountant -- general of the federation on 20 april 2005 .
he held this office until he resigned to start his campaign for election as governor of gombe state january 2011 .
in the 26 april 2011 election , dankwambo won 596,481 votes , ahead of alhaji abubakar aliyu of the congress for progressive change -lrb- cpc -rrb- with 91,781 votes and senator sa'idu umar kumo of the all nigeria people 's party -lrb- anpp -rrb- with 84,959 votes .
as a governor , dankwambo lost his deputy mr. david miyims albashi , who died on 4 november 2011 in a german hospital of injuries he sustained in a car crash on august 28 on november 4 , 2011 .
on the 17 december 2011 alhaji dankwambo appointed mr. tha'anda rubainu as current deputy governor .
