Abdulazeez Abubakar Ibrahim was elected Senator for the Taraba Central constituency of Taraba State

Taraba State

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, Nigeria

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 at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic

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, running on the People's Democratic Party

People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)

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 (PDP) platform. He took office on 29 May 1999.
He was reelected in April 2003.

Ibrahim was born in 1957. He obtained degrees in Engineering and Business Administration from Ahmadu Bello University

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, Zaria

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After taking his seat in the Senate in June 1999 he was appointed to committees on Commerce (vice chairman), Industry, Aviation, Science & Technology, Power & Steel, National Planning and Special Projects.
In April 2005 he was among other Senators interrogated by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) concerning a scandal in which Education Minister Fabian Osuji

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 was said to have paid out N55 million in bribes so they would inflate the ministry’s budget.
In the April 2007 elections he was a candidate for governor of Taraba State running on the All Nigeria People's Party

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 (ANPP) platform.
Danbaba Suntai

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of the PDP was the winner.