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Samuel Ioraer Ortom

Politician

Samuel Ioraer Ortom is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Samuel Ioraer Ortom · Samuel Ortom · サミュエル・オルトム				[sources]
Birth date	1961-04-23				[sources]
Place of birth	Benue State				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Nigeria				[sources]
Citizenship	Nigeria				[sources]
Classification	National government (past) · State government (past)				[sources]
First name	Samuel				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q18354225				[sources]
Position	Governor of Benue State (2015-2023) · Minister of Aviation of Nigeria (2014-2014) · Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment (2011-2015)				[sources]
Education	Ahmadu Bello University · Master in Public Administration				[sources]
Religion	Christianity				[sources]
Ethnicity	Tiv people				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-12	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Nigerian businessman and politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories359,839

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons275,928

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Nigeria Joining the Dots PEPs and PEP Relatives4,391

Data on Politically Exposed Persons in Nigeria and their relatives from the Joining the Dots project.

Nigeria · Directorio Legislativo/EITI · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions550,743

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata333,804

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: ng-dots-samuel-ioraer-ortom-1961-04-23-district-benue

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