Austin Akobundu is a Nigerian politician who is the current senator representing Abia Senatorial District.

Biography

Austin is a retired colonel of the

Nigerian Army The Nigerian Army (NA) is the land force of the Nigerian Armed Forces. It is the largest component of the Nigerian Armed Forces. The President of Nigeria is the Commander-in-Chief of the Nigerian Army, and its professional head is the Chie ...

and former Minister of State for Defense under President Goodluck Jonathan's administration. He is the current Senator representing Abia Central in the Senate. He replaced

Darlington Nwokocha Darlington Nwokocha (born 16 August 1967) is a Nigerian politician who served as the senator representing Abia Central senatorial district from June to November 2023. Before his election to the Senate, he was a member of the House of Representat ...

whose election was nullified by the Court of Appeal on 4 November 2023. He was sworn in on 15 November 2023. Since arriving in the Senate, Akobundu has been active in supporting access to education and recently facilitated scholarships for 113 students across Local Government Areas in Abia State and trained 400 students on computer skills in Umuahia, Abia State.

References

Living people Igbo politicians Members of the Senate (Nigeria) from Abia State Peoples Democratic Party members of the Senate (Nigeria) Year of birth missing (living people) Senators of the 10th National Assembly (Nigeria) {{AbiaNG-politician-stub