Abdulfatai Yahaya Seriki

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Abdulfatai Yahaya Seriki
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Personal details
Born (1975-10-08) 8 October 1975 (age 49)
Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria
NationalityFlag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
Political party All Progressives Congress
SpouseMrs. Fatimah Abdulfatah

Yahaya Seriki(born October 8, 1975) [1] is an APC Chieftain from Ilorin Kwara State in North central Nigeria. Before joining active politics, Yahaya Seriki is a businessman and philanthropist. He is the Founder and managing director of Kursi Investments Limited. [2] [3]

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Early life

He was born in Kaduna and brought up in Maiduguri and Jos, the administrative capital and largest city of Plateau State. He is from Ilorin.

Politics

AbdulFatai Yahaya Seriki Gambari is a former Governorship aspirant of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the 2019 gubernatorial election in Kwara state and is also a ranking chieftain of APC in Kwara state. [4] He was the first candidate to step down to rally support for the current Governor Abdrahman Abdulrasaq. [5]

He served as the Director General of the campaign that produced the current Kwara State Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq. [6] [7] [8] He is a prominent member of the ‘O To Ge’ Movement that unseat the politics of the former senate President of Nigeria Bukola Saraki [9] in Kwara state. [10] [11]

Personal life

He is married to Fatimah Abdulfatah and the couple has four sons.

References

  1. "Kwara Governor greets APC chieftain Seriki on birthday anniversary".
  2. "Management". Archived from the original on 2021-06-11. Retrieved 2021-06-11.
  3. "Reference at www.latestschgist.com.ng". Archived from the original on 2022-12-06. Retrieved 2021-06-11.
  4. "APC clears eight aspirants to contest Kwara State Governorship Primaries | Premium Times Nigeria". 6 October 2018.
  5. "Saraki lures me with appointment to defect to PDP – Yahaya-Seriki". 24 September 2018.
  6. "35 candidates jostle for governorship position in Kwara | Pulse Nigeria". February 2019.
  7. "Reference at thenationonlineng.net". 17 January 2019.
  8. "AA's One Year in Office: A Moment above Post-election Dissonance – Yahaya Seriki". Informant247. 2020-05-29. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  9. Bukola Saraki
  10. "AA's One Year in Office: A Moment above Post-election Dissonance – Yahaya Seriki– The Informant247". 29 May 2020.
  11. "Kwara – Environment Day: Kwara, NGO clean Ilorin, task residents on refuse disposal". Good News Nigeria. 2021-06-05. Retrieved 11 June 2021.