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Bukola Saraki

Politician

Bukola Saraki 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	Bukola Saraki · Olushola Bukola Saraki · בוקולה סאראקי · بوكولا سراكى · بوكولا سراكي · 2 more...				[sources]
Other name	Abubakar Bukola Saraki · Abubakar O. Saraki · Ancien président du Sénat du Nigeria · Bukola Abubakar Saraki · Former President of the Senate of Nigeria · 7 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	ABS · Saraki · 布科拉·萨拉基				[sources]
Birth date	1962-12-19				[sources]
Place of birth	Kwara State · London				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Nigeria				[sources]
Country	Nigeria				[sources]
Citizenship	Nigeria				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
E-Mail	abs@sarakimail.com · bukisaraki@aol.com				[sources]
First name	Abubakar · Bukola				[sources]
Last name	Saraki				[sources]
Phone	+2348033579273				[sources]
Website	www.abubakarbukolasaraki.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q4986999				[sources]
Position	Governor of Kwara State (2003-2011) · President of the Senate of Nigeria (2015-2019) · Senate (member, 2015-) · member of the Senate of Nigeria (2011-2015) · member of the Senate of Nigeria (2015-2019)				[sources]
Education	Cheltenham College · King's College, Lagos				[sources]
Religion	Islam				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-03	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Nigerian politician, Waziri of Ilorin, senate president of the federal republic of Nigeria 2015-2019

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

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Abubakar Olusola Saraki Politician	child · father	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Senate President Senate, National Assembly	2015	2019
Member of the Senate

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Gbemisola Ruqayyah Saraki Politician	sibling	-	-

Data sources

Every Politician57,893

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

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 Politically Exposed Persons275,228

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories359,660

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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Wikidata334,043

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions550,493

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: ng-dots-olushola-bukola-saraki-1962-12-19-district · ng-dots-bukola-saraki-1962-12-19-district-kwara · evpo-223679e6-ac35-4ced-944b-b1109d9e4b1d

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