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Godswill Obot Akpabio

Politician

Godswill Obot Akpabio 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	Godswill Akpabio · Godswill Obot Akpabio · רצון האל אובוט אקפאביו · غودسويل أوبوت أكبابيو · গডসউইল ওবোট আকপাবিও				[sources]
Other name	Akpabio Godswill Obot · GODSWILL OBOT AKPABIO				[sources]
Birth date	1962-12-19				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Nigeria				[sources]
Country	Nigeria				[sources]
Citizenship	Nigeria				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
Last name	Akpabio				[sources]
Phone	+2347030003232				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q5576947				[sources]
Position	Governor of Akwa Ibom State (2007-2015) · Minister of Niger Delta (2019-2022) · President of the Senate of Nigeria (2023-) · Senate (member, 2015-) · member of the Senate of Nigeria (2015-2019) · 1 more...				[sources]
Education	Government College Umuahia · Nigerian Law School · University of Calabar				[sources]
Ethnicity	Ibibio people				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-10-21	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Politician in Nigeria

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-11-24

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Ekaette Unoma Akpabio Close Associate	spouse	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Senate	2015-06-09	-
Minister of Niger Delta	2019-08-21

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories376,087

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,426

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 Relatives4,391

Data on Politically Exposed Persons in Nigeria and their relatives from the Joining the Dots project.

Nigeria · Directorio Legislativo/EITI · non-official source

Every Politician57,893

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

Global · MySociety · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata350,291

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions549,415

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-nigeria-godswill-obot-akpabio-minister-for-the-niger-delta · ng-dots-godswill-obot-akpabio-1962-12-19-district-akwa-ibom · us-cia-nigeria-godswill-obot-akpabio-min-for-the-niger-delta · evpo-d9aa73bb-dea8-45c4-8eeb-0e66b5439e29 · NK-7vi3Ux52jXzD3fXpnzgHh4

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