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Benedict Ayade

Politician

Benedict Ayade 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	Benedict Ayade · Prof Ben Ayade · ベネディクト・アヤデ				[sources]
Other name	Benedict Bengioushuye Ayade · Benedict Bengiuoshuye Ayade · Prof Ben Ayade				[sources]
Birth date	1969-03-02				[sources]
Place of birth	Cross River State				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Nigeria				[sources]
Citizenship	Nigeria				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status) · State government (past)				[sources]
First name	Benedict				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q4887251				[sources]
Position	Governor of Cross River State (2015-2023) · member of the Senate of Nigeria				[sources]
Education	Ambrose Alli University · Bachelor of Laws · University of Ibadan				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-12	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Nigerian politician

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

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Linda Ayade Close Associate	spouse	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the Senate of Nigeria	-	-
Governor of Cross River State	2015-05-29	2023-05-29

Data sources

Nigeria Joining the Dots PEPs and PEP Relatives4,391

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 Categories359,839

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons275,928

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions550,743

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata333,804

Wikidata is the structured data project of the Wikipedia community, providing fact-based information edited by humans and machines

External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: ng-dots-prof-ben-ayade-1969-03-02-district-cross-river

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