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Ahmad Sani Yerima

Politician

Ahmad Sani Yerima 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	Ahmad Sani · Ahmad Sani Yerima · Ahmed Sani · أحمد ساني يريما · احمد ثانی یریما				[sources]
Other name	AHMAD RUFAI SANI · Ahmad Sani Yerima · Ahmed Rufai · Ahmed Rufai Sani Yerima · Ahmed Sani · 3 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1960-07-22				[sources]
Place of birth	Anka				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Nigeria				[sources]
Country	Nigeria				[sources]
Citizenship	Nigeria				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
E-Mail	yarimarufai@yahoo.com				[sources]
First name	Ahmed				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q3510720				[sources]
Position	Governor of Zamfara State (1999-2007) · Senate (member, 2015-) · member of the House of Representatives of Nigeria · member of the Senate of Nigeria (2007-2011) · member of the Senate of Nigeria (2011-2015) · 1 more...				[sources]
Education	Bayero University, Kano				[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	2015-06-09	2019-06-09
member of the House of Representatives of Nigeria

Data sources

Every Politician58,326

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MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories376,792

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Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,110

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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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Wikidata350,123

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions547,106

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-696fb5d3-0171-4a21-bd5c-dc6a14cf6296 · ng-dots-ahmad-sani-1960-07-22-district

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