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Atiku Abubakar

Politician

Atiku Abubakar 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	Atiku Abubakar · Атику Абубакар · Атіку Абубакар · אטיקו אבובאקר · أتيكو أبو بكر · 3 more...				[sources]
Other name	Adamawa minister · Adamawa minisztere · Minister Adamawy · Minister i Adamawa · Minister van Adamawa · 15 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Atiku · アダマワ大臣 · 阿提库·阿布巴卡 · 阿提库·阿布巴卡尔 · 阿达马瓦部长				[sources]
Birth date	1946-11-25				[sources]
Place of birth	Jada				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Nigeria				[sources]
Citizenship	Nigeria				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
Last name	Abubakar				[sources]
Website	atiku.org				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q755878				[sources]
Position	Vice President of Nigeria (1999-2007)				[sources]
Education	Ahmadu Bello University				[sources]
Religion	Islam				[sources]
Ethnicity	Fulbe people				[sources]
Last change	2025-09-10	Last processed	2025-10-21	First seen	2023-09-27

Descriptions

Nigerian politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-09-28

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Amina Titi Atiku-Abubakar Politician	Spouse · spouse	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Vice President of Nigeria	1999-05-29	2007-05-29
Vice President Federal Republic Of Nigeria	2003

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 Categories376,073

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,375

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

The record has been enriched with data from the following external databases:

Wikidata349,903

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions549,153

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: ng-dots-atiku-abubakar-1946-11-25-district-adamawa

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