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DOSSIER · SENATORUPDATED JUN 2026

Khabeeb Mustapha

Senator, Jigawa South-West (Senatorial) · PDP

Assessment Profile06

Senator Khabeeb Mustapha (PDP, Jigawa South-West), popularly known as Senator Zanna, is a first-term senator who previously served in the 6th and 7th House of Representatives for the Jahun/Miga federal constituency. He won the February 2023 senatorial election, defeating the APC incumbent Mohammed Sabo Nakudu; a petition filed by Nakudu was dismissed by the National Assembly/Governorship and Legislative Houses Election Tribunal in Dutse on 8 September 2023 and that dismissal was upheld by the Court of Appeal in Abuja in November 2023. The senator has acknowledged that the five months of election litigation materially distracted him from constituency engagement in his inaugural year. His documented legislative output covers one co-sponsored motion on the revitalisation of Nigeria's textile industry (June 2026). Constituency-facing work includes an economic empowerment distribution of 900 goats to approximately 3,000 constituents at the NUT Secretariat in Dutse, with training in animal husbandry, and distribution of irrigation and sewing machines. No independently verifiable infrastructure projects have been reported. His own party, PDP, declined to issue him a return ticket for 2027 following reported complaints from party loyalists and constituents of poor representation and inadequate engagement. No EFCC, ICPC, or court criminal proceedings have been identified against him. On integrity, he was among 13 senators who declined to sign the Ethics Committee final report recommending the suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan in March 2025. The overall picture is a senator with a thin legislative record, self-reported constituency outreach, and a term ending without his own party's endorsement for a second term.

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Legal Record07

No court or anti-graft case on public record in this archive as of compilation. Absence of a record is not a clearance.

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Sources10
  1. 1Mustapha Khabeeb -- WikipediaWikipedia
  2. 2Court case distracted me for five months - Jigawa senatorTribune Online · 2023-11-01
  3. 3Jigawa senator empowers constituents with 900 goatsTribune Online
  4. 4PDP Senator Zanna loses 2027 return ticket in JigawaDaily Post Nigeria · 2026-05-21
  5. 5Jigawa PDP Senator Loses Return TicketNigeria Eye · 2026-05-21
  6. 6Jigawa PDP drops incumbent senator, picks ex-deputy gov's son as consensus candidate for Jigawa SouthwestTribune Online · 2026-05-01
  7. 7Senate canvasses total ban on textile imports, pushes for revival of sectorPremium Times Nigeria · 2026-06-09
  8. 84 ex-govs, 21 other senators sponsor no bill in 10 monthsDaily Trust · 2024-03-01
  9. 9Full List: 'Dickson, 11 Other Senators That Failed To Sign Natasha's Suspension Report'Naija News · 2025-03-10
  10. 10Oshiomhole, Khabeeb...Oldest lawmakers in Nigeria's 10th SenateParliament Reports