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George Akume

PEP · Politician

George Akume 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	George Akume				[sources]
Alias	AKUME GEORGE ORPEL				[sources]
Birth date	1953-12-27				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Nigeria				[sources]
Citizenship	Nigeria				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
Email	georgeakume55@yahoo.com				[sources]
First name	George				[sources]
Phone	+2348038885656				[sources]
Political association	All Progressives Congress · Peoples Democratic Party				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q3510803				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	enwiki.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Governor of Benue State (1999-2007) · Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs (2019-2023) · Senate (member, 2015-) · member of the Senate of Nigeria (2007-2011) · member of the Senate of Nigeria (2011-2015) · 1 more...				[sources]
Education	University of Ibadan				[sources]
Ethnicity	Tiv people				[sources]
Last change	2026-03-16	Last processed	2026-03-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Nigerian politician, Governor of Benue State

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

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Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,558

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,615

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons271,763

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions499,635

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata327,373

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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