Mohammed Kabiru Jibril (18 May 1958 – 19 September 2017) was a

Nigerian Nigerians or the Nigerian people are citizens of Nigeria or people with ancestry from Nigeria. The name Nigeria was taken from the Niger River running through the country. This name was allegedly coined in the late 19th century by British jour ...

senator who was elected under the

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(PDP) to represent the Kaduna Central Senatorial District of

Kaduna State Kaduna State ( ha, Jihar Kaduna جىِهَر كَدُنا; ff, Leydi Kaduna, script=Latn, ; kcg, Sitet Kaduna) is a state in northern Nigeria. The state capital is its namesake, the city of Kaduna which happened to be the 8th largest city in ...

in April 2007.

Background

Mohammed Kabiru Jibril was born on 18 May 1958. He has an LL.B from

Ahmadu Bello University Ahmadu Bello University Zaria is a federal government research university in Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria. ABU was founded on 4 October 1962, as the pioneer university in Northern Nigeria. It was founded and named after the Sardauna of Sokoto, Al ...

-1984,

Nigerian Law School The Nigerian Law School is an educational institution set up by the Government of Nigeria in 1962 to provide a Nigerian legal education to foreign-trained lawyers, and to provide practical training for aspiring Legal Practitioners in Nigeria. ...

-1985. Prior to his election to the senate, he was the National Legal Advisor and National Secretary, North-West Zone for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Senate career

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in Nigeria Mohammed Kabiru Jibril was elected to the National Senate for the Kaduna Central constituency in 2007 and was appointed to committees on Solid Minerals, Security & Intelligence, Police Affairs, Interior Affairs, Gas and Air Force. In May 2009, Emmanuel Egboga, special adviser on petroleum to President

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alleged that some senators and labor union leaders may have been bribed on a trip to

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to frustrate effort to reform the oil and gas sector . The senate directed its ethics committee to hold a public hearing to investigate the allegation. Senators named by Egboga included Mohammed Kabiru Jibril but was later found clean. In July 2009 the Nigerian Senate unanimously passed a bill to establish the National Climate Change Commission, sponsored by Senator Jibril. Other bills that Kabiru Jabril sponsored or co-sponsored include National Inland Waterways Authority, Nigeria Police Equipment Commission (Amendment), Legal Practitioners Act (Amendment) 2009, Police Act (Repeal and Re-enactment) 2009, Prison Service Act Repeal and Re-enactment 2009 and Criminal Justice Act (Amendment).

Death

He died on 19 September 2017 at the age of 59.

References

Living people People from Kaduna State 1958 births Peoples Democratic Party members of the Senate (Nigeria) Ahmadu Bello University alumni Nigerian Law School alumni 21st-century Nigerian politicians {{Nigeria-politician-stub