Asheik Jarma

Alhaji Asheik Jarma (b. 1943, Kirenowa, Marte LGA, Borno State; Shuwa Arab) is a Nigerian businessman and politician who served briefly as Governor of Borno State on the NPN platform from 1 October 1983 to 31 December 1983 — ~3 months, one of the shortest-serving elected governors in Nigerian history — having defeated incumbent Mohammed Goni of the GNPP in August 1983. His tenure was terminated by the 31 December 1983 Buhari coup that ended the Second Republic. Previously the Managing Director (1977) and Executive Director (1979) of John Holt Limited Nigeria; Minister of State for Works under President Shehu Shagari (1979–1983). Founding member of the PDP in the late 1990s; did not seek elective office again after 1983. In **2008**, a Senate ad hoc committee probing a national food crisis reportedly implicated him among others for the abandonment of **£11.4 million** worth of silo contracts; no EFCC investigation or formal charge has been documented in the corpus. Recommend `contextual` archive status if the editor wants to record the 2008 Senate probe in the historical-corruption ledger, contingent on the editor sourcing the underlying Senate Hansard / Committee report and credible-press coverage; **exclude** otherwise.