 In October 2003, he co-sponsored a motion that criticized the withholding of local government council allocations and grants by state governments.In January 2004, his guest house in Kontagora, Niger State was burned during riots that followed a disputed local election.In February 2004, he attended a meeting of the Niger State caucus of the Peoples Democratic Party, which issued a declaration that the creation of seventeen additional local government councils was permanent and the elections on January 10, 2004 were valid.