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Mohammed Umar Bago

Politician

Mohammed Umar Bago 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	Mohammed Umar Bago · Umar Bago Mohammed · モハメド・ウマル・バゴー				[sources]
Other name	Mohammed Umaru Bago · Umar Bago				[sources]
Birth date	1974-02-22				[sources]
Place of birth	Minna				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Nigeria				[sources]
Citizenship	Nigeria				[sources]
Classification	National government (past) · State government (unknown status)				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q65929260				[sources]
Position	Governor of Niger State (2023-) · member of the House of Representatives of Nigeria (2015-) · member of the House of Representatives of Nigeria (2019-)				[sources]
Education	Ambrose Alli University · University of Calabar · University of Jos · Usmanu Danfodiyo University				[sources]
Religion	Islam				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-09-09	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Nigeria Politician

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

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Hajiya Fatima Umaru Bago Close Associate	spouse	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Governor of Niger State	2023-01-01	-
Federal Representative of 9th National Assembly	-	-

Data sources

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

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,103

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

Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories375,745

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Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions547,299

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata349,078

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: ng-dots-umar-bago-mohammed-1974-02-22-district-niger

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