Bashir Dalhatupronunciationⓘ (born 12 November 1949), titled Wazirin Dutse, is a Nigerian aristocrat, statesman and lawyer .
[7] He was later an executive member of the National Republican Convention and chairman of the Think Tank of the Presidential Campaign.
[9] In 2006, in opposition to Olusegun Obasanjo, Dalhatu founded the Advanced Congress of Democrats, before later merging the party with the Action Congress of Nigeria, where he was the national secretary until resigning in 2007, after the party refused to join Umaru Yar'Adua's government.
[10] In July 2023, the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) appointed Dalhatu as Board of Trustees Chairman.
The ACF is an association that promotes the political interests of people of Northern Nigeria.