Matthew Tawo Mbu Junior was elected senator for the Cross River Central constituency of

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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. Mbu's father, also

Matthew Tawo Mbu Matthew Tawo Mbu (20 November 1929 – 6 February 2012) was a Nigerian lawyer, politician, diplomat, and a permanent fixture in Nigerian political affairs for more than fifty years. Early life Mbu was born in Okundi, Cross River State. He rece ...

, is a lawyer, politician, diplomat, and a fixture in Nigerian political affairs for more than fifty years. After taking his seat in the Senate, Mbu Junior was appointed to committees on Security and Intelligence (chairman), Foreign Affairs, Defense, Women Affairs and Privatization. An October 2002 survey of the performance of senators noted that in the first three years of the assembly, he had presented five bills. After Mbu left the Senate, in November 2003 his house in

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was slated for demolition. However, the demolition team was stopped from pulling down his and neighboring houses when it was found that one of them was owned by a powerful businessman. In a February 2010 interview with the ''Vanguard'', Mbu called on the National Assembly and state governors to force the Federal Executive Council to declare the ailing President

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incapacitated so Vice-President

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could assume his duties.

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