Bashir Dalhatu

Bashir Dalhatu
Minister of Internal Affairs
In office
15 December 1997 – 8 June 1998
PresidentSani Abacha
Preceded byAlex Ibru
Succeeded bySunday Afolabi
Minister of Power and Steel
In office
December 1993 – 17 November 1997
PresidentSani Abacha
Preceded byHassan Adamu
Succeeded byBaba Gana Kingibe
Secretary of Transport and Aviation
In office
27 August 1993 – 17 November 1993
PresidentErnest Shonekan
Preceded by
Succeeded byEbenezer Babatope
Personal details
Born
Bashir Mohammed Dalhatu

(1949-11-12) 12 November 1949 (age 74)
Dutse, British Nigeria
Spouse
Affiah Bashir
(m. 1970)
Zainab Abacha
(m. 1999)
Children9
Residence(s)Dutse, Jigawa State

Bashir Dalhatupronunciation (born 12 November 1949), titled Wazirin Dutse, is a Nigerian aristocrat, statesman and lawyer . He was a politician who served in the Interim National Government as Minister of Transport and Aviation in 1993; in General Sani Abacha's government as Minister of Power and Steel from 1993 to 1997 and Minister of Internal Affairs from 1997 to 1998.