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Yusuf Abubakar Yusuf

Politician

Yusuf Abubakar Yusuf 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	Yusuf Abubakar Yusuf · Yusuf Yusuf · يوسف أبو بكر يوسف				[sources]
Alias	Abubakar yusuf · Alhaji Yusuf Abubakar Yusuf · Yusuf Abubakar Yusuf · يوسف أبو بكر يوسف				[sources]
Birth date	1956-12-02				[sources]
Place of birth	Nguroje				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Nigeria				[sources]
Country	Nigeria				[sources]
Citizenship	Nigeria				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Yusuf				[sources]
Political association	All Progressives Congress				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q23636295				[sources]
Position	Senate (member, 2015-) · member of the Senate of Nigeria · member of the Senate of Nigeria (2015-)				[sources]
Education	Ahmadu Bello University				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-20	Last processed	2025-12-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Nigerian politician

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Senate	2015-06-09	-
member of the Senate of Nigeria	2019

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories384,631

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons275,232

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

MySociety's EveryPolitician Dataset of National Legislators57,731

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

Global · MySociety · non-official source

Nigeria Joining the Dots PEPs and PEP Relatives4,291

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 OpenSanctions552,461

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata355,584

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: ng-dots-yusuf-abubakar-yusuf-1956-12-02-district-taraba · evpo-f95eee1d-5f81-4813-8164-7e1cc908e878

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