Isaac Shaahu

Isaac Shaahu is a Nigerian politician from what is termed the middle belt of Nigeria. He was a cabinet minister in the aborted second republic. He later became Chairman of the Middle Belt Forum.^[1]

Shaahu was active in Middle Belt politics during the First Republic as an associate of Joseph Tarka,^[2] He was a member of the United Middle Belt Congress and in 1965 as an elected member of the Northern regional House of Assembly, he was the leader of opposition. When Benue-Plateau State was created, he was commissioner for Agriculture and later that of Health and Establishment.