Boma Goodhead, born 24 November 1970, is a Nigerian politician and federal lawmaker representing Asari-Toru Federal Constituency in

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. She is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party.

Early life and education

Boma was born on 24 November 1970 to Melford Dokubo, a former high court judge in Nigeria. She is from

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Asari-Toru Asari-Toru is a Local Government Area in Rivers State, Nigeria. General Information Asari-Toru Local Government Area was created out of the old Degema Local Government Area on May 16, 1989, under the Hon. Eziwoke Wokoma. The inhabitants are of a ...

local government area of

. She is the younger sister to

Asari Dokubo Asari-Dokubo (born 1964), formerly Melford Dokubo Goodhead Jr. and typically referred to simply as Asari, is a major political figure of the Ijaw ethnic group in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. He was president of the Ijaw Youth Council for a ...

Controversy

During a committee meeting in 2017, she allegedly threatened to “break the head” of fellow lawmaker, Razak Atunwa who had written a letter to then President

Goodluck Jonathan Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan (born 20 November 1957)Lawson Heyford, ''The Source'' (Lagos), 11 December 2006. is a Nigerian politician who served as the President of Nigeria from 2010 to 2015. He lost the 2015 presidential election to fo ...

, asking him to appear before an ad hoc panel for a bribery scandal.

References

Living people 1970 births University of Port Harcourt alumni Nigerian politicians Nigerian women in politics {{DEFAULTSORT:Goodhead, Boma