Allahu Akbar! Tsohon gwamnan Kano ya cika shekaru 11 da rasuwa

 

Alhaji Abubakar Rimi an haife shi a 1940 a ƙauyen Rimi na Sumaila tsohuwar jihar Kano, Najeriya . A farkon shekarun 1960, ya halarci kwas na malanta a makarantar Gudanarwa da ke Zariya . Ya sami Takaddar Shaida ta ilimi daga Jami'ar London. A shekarar 1972, ya kammala difloma kan harkokin kasa da kasa a cibiyar kula da harkokin duniya ta London, sannan daga baya ya samu digiri na biyu a fannin hulda da kasashen duniya. Ya yi aiki a matsayin malami a Cibiyar Horar da Malamai a Sakkwato, sannan daga baya ya zama Sakataren Gudanarwa a Cibiyar Kula da Harkokin Kasa da Kasa ta Najeriya.

Rimi ya kasance dan takara mai zaman kansa a zaben majalisar tarayya na mazabar Sumaila a shekara ta 1964 yayin da Musa Sa'id Abubakar ya kasance dan takarar majalisar tarayya na NEPU na mazabar Sumaila sun fafata da Alhaji Inuwa Wada na NPC amma duk sun janye wa Alhaji Inuwa Wada' lokacin da aka daure su. Ya kasance memba na Majalisar Tsarin Mulki shekara ta (1977–1978). A watan Disambar shekara ta 1978, an zabe shi mataimakin sakatare na kasa na jam’iyyar PRP a babban taron jam’iyyar na farko a Legas . Ya kasance dan takarar PRP a zabukan 1979. An zabi Rimi a matsayin gwamnan tsohuwar jihar Kano a karkashin inuwar jam’iyyar PRP a lokacin Jamhuriya ta biyu ta Najeriya, mukamin da ya rike daga Oktoba shekara ta 1979 - Mayu shekara ta 1983.

Ana kiran majalisar ministocinsa da "Dukkanin Ministocin Digiri". An nada Alhaji Sule Hamma a matsayin SSG, Alhaji Abdullahi Aliyu Sumaila shi ne Sakataren Majalisar Zartarwa da Babban Sakatare na Gwamna, (PS zuwa Gwamna) daga baya ya zama Manajan Kamfen din Rimi a zaben 1983, Tijjani Indabawa shi ne Babban Sakatare mai zaman kansa na PPS. ga Gwamna) da Sully Abu shi ne Sakataren Yada Labarai na Gwamnan.  Ya aka ce ya zama mai sassaucin ra'ayi da tasiri, da inganta rubuce-rubuce girma da kuma karfafa mata su fita daga Purdah . Ya kawar da haraji (harajin mutum) da jangali (harajin shanu), kayayyakin tarihi na lokacin mulkin mallaka lokacin da Turawan mulkin mallaka na Birtaniyya ke mulkin ta masarautu a Arewa. A 1980, ya ayyana ranar ma'aikata ta shekara-shekara. Dakatarwar da ya yiwa Sarkin Kano ya haifar da tarzoma a watan Yulin 1981, sannan aka kashe mai ba Rimi shawara kan harkokin siyasa Dr. Bala Mohammed. A lokacin ofisoshin Jaridun Triumph, Rediyon Kano da ma'aikatu da yawa sun ƙone.

A watan Mayu 1983, Rimi ya yi rashin jituwa tare da malaminsa Aminu Kano kuma suka sauya sheka daga Jam’iyyar Redemption Party (PRP) zuwa Jam’iyyar Jama’ar Najeriya (NPP) a shirye-shiryen zaben 1983. Ya yi murabus daga mukaminsa sannan mataimakinsa, Abdu Dawakin Tofa ya maye gurbinsa a matsayin gwamna.

A shekarar 1993, Rimi ya karbi aikinsa a matsayin Shugaban Bankin Noma da Hadin Kan Najeriya (NACB) a karkashin gwamnatin Janar Ibrahim Babangida . A lokacin sauya sheka zuwa Jamhuriya ta Uku ta Najeriya, Rimi ya kasance memba na tsakiyar-hagu Social Democratic Party (SDP) kuma yana daga cikin magoyan bayan farko na yunkurin 12 ga Yuni da ke adawa da soke zaben MKO Abiola . Daga baya ya bar tafiyar 12 ga Yuni, kuma ya zama Ministan Sadarwa a karkashin gwamnatin Janar Sani Abacha .

Yana daya daga cikin mutanen da suka kafa jam'iyyar PDP. Ya kasance Shugaban kwamitin kudi na Jam’iyyar a lokacin da aka kafa ta sannan kuma daya daga cikin ‘yan takarar ta na shugaban kasa. An nada shi Shugaban Kamfanin Kula da Tsaro da Lantarki na Najeriya (NSPMC) a farkon lokacin mulkin Obasanjo a matsayin Shugaban farar hula. Daga baya ya koma Action Congress (AC), amma a shekara ta 2007 Rimi ya koma (PDP). A watan Disambar shekara ta 2008, ya yi kira ga Shugaban Hukumar Zabe Mai Zaman Kanta, (INEC), Farfesa Maurice Iwu, da ya yi murabus daga mukaminsa, saboda kura-kuran da aka samu a zaben shugaban kasar da ya gabata. A watan Janairun shekara ta 2006, an kashe matarsa a gidansa. Hisansa na cikin waɗanda ake tuhuma da kisan, amma daga baya aka sake shi saboda rashin hujja kuma har yanzu ana tsare da wani ɗan ɗan uwan nasa, Mustapha.

A ranar 4 ga watan Afrilu, a shekara ta 2010, wasu ’yan fashi da makami suka kai wa Rimi hari yayin da yake komawa Kano daga jihar Bauchi. Kodayake bai samu rauni ba, da alama ya sha wahala sosai kuma ya mutu jim kaɗan bayan haka.

Ubangiji Allah ya jaddada rahama a gareshi, idan tamu tazo yasa mu cika dakyau da Imani.