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Babajimi Benson

Politician

Babajimi Benson 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	Babajimi Adegoke Benson · Babajimi Benson				[sources]
Alias	Babajimi Adegoke Benson				[sources]
Birth date	1972-03-30				[sources]
Place of birth	Ikorodu				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Nigeria				[sources]
Citizenship	Nigeria				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
Last name	Benson				[sources]
Political association	All Progressives Congress				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q35539804				[sources]
Position	member of the House of Representatives of Nigeria (2015-) · member of the House of Representatives of Nigeria (2019-)				[sources]
Education	Lagos State University · London Guildhall University · Nigerian Law School · Warwick Business School				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-15	Last processed	2026-02-15	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

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	2023	-
member of the House of Representatives of Nigeria	2019-06-11

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons271,230

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

Global · Wikidata · 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

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,122

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions503,469

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata333,870

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: ng-dots-babajimi-adegoke-benson-1972-03-30-district-lagos · evpo-e5c64ded-fbca-42d0-903e-44618f4964bf

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