Abdulazeez Abubakar Ibrahim (27 November 1957 – 5 October 2021) was elected senator for the Taraba Central constituency of

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, Nigeria at the start of the

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, running on the People's Democratic Party (PDP) platform. He took office on 29 May 1999. He was reelected in April 2003.

Background

Ibrahim was born in 1957. He obtained degrees in

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and

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from

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Political career

After taking his seat in the Senate in June 1999 he was appointed to committees on Commerce (vice chairman),

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, Science & Technology, Power & Steel, National Planning and Special Projects. In April 2005 he was among other senators interrogated by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) concerning a scandal in which

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was said to have paid out N55 million in bribes so they would inflate the ministry's budget. In the April 2007 elections he was a candidate for governor of Taraba State running on the

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(ANPP) platform. Danbaba Suntai of the PDP was the winner.

References

1957 births 2021 deaths Peoples Democratic Party members of the Senate (Nigeria) Senators of the 4th National Assembly (Nigeria) All Nigeria Peoples Party politicians People from Taraba State Ahmadu Bello University alumni Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria {{Taraba-politician-stub