Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A farkon aikinsa na siyasa, Djibo ya kasance memba na Ƙungiyar Ƙungiyar Ƙasa don Ci gaban Ƙungiyar (MNSD) kuma ya zama mai ba da kuɗin jam'iyyar. Ya bar wannan matsayin saboda takaddama sannan ya yi aiki a matsayin mai lissafi. Bayan da Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara ya kwace mulki a cikin watan Janairun 1996 " juyin mulki ", Djibo ya taka muhimmiyar rawa a kwamitin da aka kafa don tallafawa takarar Maïnassara don zaben shugaban kasa na Yuli 1996.
kuma daga bisani ya jagoranci yakin neman zaben Maïnassara a wannan zaben. Maïnassara a hukumance ya lashe zaben sannan ya nada Djibo a matsayin Babban Daraktan Kamfanin Man Fetur na Nijar ("Société nigérienne des pétroles", SONIDEP).