Bashir Dalhatu

Bashir Dalhatu
Minister of Internal Affairs
In office
15 December 1997  21 August 1998
President
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
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.