Jigawa Governor
He was governor of Jigawa State in Nigeria from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2007. He was elected in 1999 and re-elected in 2003 on the platform of the All Nigeria People's Party (ANPP). In 2000, Turaki decentralized the Jigawa state government, allocating many aspects to the five Emirate councils of Hadejia, Dutse, Gumel, Ringim and Kazaure.
In 2002, Turaki supported a ruling that a couple convicted of having sex outside marriage should be executed. In September 2006, Ibrahim Turaki was attacked by angry crowds when he tried to calm down a mob who were burned churches and shops belonging to Christians after an alleged blasphemous statement by a Christian woman about the Prophet Muhammad.
In December 2006 he transferred his allegiance to the People's Democratic Party (PDP).
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