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

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(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

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(ICPC) concerning a scandal in which Education Minister

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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 Danbaba Danfulani Suntai (30 June 1961 – 28 June 2017) was a Nigerian pharmacist and politician. He was elected as Executive Governor of Taraba State, Nigeria running for the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in April 2007, and was sworn in on 29 ...

of the PDP was the winner.

References

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