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Essien Ayi

Politician

Essien Ayi 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	Essien Ayi · Essien Ekpenyong Ayi				[sources]
Other name	Essien Ekpenyong Ayi · Essien Ekpeyong Ayi				[sources]
Birth date	1956-10-14				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Nigeria				[sources]
Country	Nigeria				[sources]
Citizenship	Nigeria				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q35538952				[sources]
Position	House of Representatives (member, 2015-) · member of the House of Representatives of Nigeria (2007-2011) · member of the House of Representatives of Nigeria (2015-2019) · member of the House of Representatives of Nigeria (2019-)				[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	2015-06-09	-
member of the House of Representatives of Nigeria	2019

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,099

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

Every Politician58,326

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

MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories376,784

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

Wikidata · 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 OpenSanctions547,419

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-b0e939a5-5889-4b76-b39d-21d1e21c937e · ng-dots-essien-ekpenyong-ayi-1956-10-14-district-cross-river

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