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Samaila Suleiman

Politician

Samaila Suleiman 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	Samaila Abdu Suleiman · Samaila Suleiman				[sources]
Birth date	1981-02-03				[sources]
Place of birth	Kaduna				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Nigeria				[sources]
Country	Nigeria				[sources]
Citizenship	Nigeria				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
Phone	+2348066000626				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q28051589				[sources]
Position	House of Representatives (member, 2015-) · member of the House of Representatives of Nigeria · member of the House of Representatives of Nigeria (2019-2022) · member of the House of Representatives of Nigeria (2022-)				[sources]
Education	Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University				[sources]
Religion	Islam				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-09-09	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 House of Representatives of Nigeria	2019-06-11	2022-03-08

Data sources

Every Politician58,326

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MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories375,745

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Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,110

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

Wikidata · non-official source

Nigeria Joining the Dots PEPs and PEP Relatives4,395

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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Wikidata349,174

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions547,038

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-594f85ac-20a5-4758-bd2a-d8b28fe2d808 · ng-dots-samaila-abdu-suleiman-1981-02-03-district-kaduna

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