Abdulfatai Buhari

Senator Abdulfatai Buhari

Member of the House of Representatives representing Ogbomoso North, Ogbomoso South and Oriire Federal Constituencies
In office 2003–2007
President	Muhammadu Buhari
Constituency	Oyo North
Senator representing Oyo North Senatorial District
Assembly Member for Oyo North
In office 2015–2019
Senator representing Oyo North Senatorial District
In office 2019–present

Personal details
Political party	All Progressives Congress (APC)
Committees	Senate committee for ICT and cybercrime Senate committee on land and marine transport.

Abdulfatai Omotayo Buhari is a Nigerian senator representing Oyo North Senatorial district. He was first elected during the 2015 senatorial elections and reelected at the 2019 senatorial elections.^[1]^[2]^[3]

He has served as a commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters of Oyo State and as the chairman of the Senate committee for ICT and cybercrime.^[1] In 2003, he served as a member of the House of Representatives representing Ogbomoso North, Ogbomoso South and Oriire Federal Constituencies.^[3]^[4]

He is the current chairman of the senate committee on land and marine transport.^[5]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "APC candidate, Buhari, wins Oyo North Senatorial district seat again". 2019-02-25. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
^ "Tough battles for the Senate". Latest Nigeria News, Nigerian Newspapers, Politics. 2019-02-14. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
^ ^a ^b "Nigeria: 2023 - Group Wants Senator Buhari to Join Oyo Guber Race". allAfrica.com. 2021-04-28. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
^ Adepoju, Sunday. "Monitoring Our Leaders: The Senator Abdulfatai Buhari Example". Retrieved 2021-08-06.
^ Tukuru, Adeola (2020-11-24). "Minister apologies over faulty train enroute Abuja-Kaduna rail line". Blueprint Newspapers Limited. Retrieved 2021-08-05.

Members of the Senate of Nigeria in the 9th National Assembly (2019-2023)

Abia	C: Theodore Orji (PDP) N: Orji Uzor Kalu (APC) S: Enyinnaya Abaribe (PDP)
Adamawa	C: Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed (APC) N: Ishaku Elisha Abbo (APC)^[a] S: Binos Dauda Yaroe (PDP)
Akwa Ibom	NE: Bassey Albert Akpan (PDP) NW: Chris Ekpenyong (PDP)^[b] S: Akon Eyakenyi (PDP)
Anambra	C: Uche Ekwunife (PDP) N: Stella Oduah-Ogiemwonyi (APC)^[c] S: Ifeanyi Ubah (YPP)
Bauchi	C: Halliru Dauda Jika (APC) N: Adamu Muhammad Bulkachuwa (APC) S: Lawal Yahaya Gumau (APC)
Bayelsa	C: (PDP)^[d] E: Biobarakuma Degi (APC) W: Henry Seriake Dickson (PDP)^[e]
Benue	NE: Gabriel Suswam (PDP) NW: Emmanuel Yisa Orker-Jev (PDP) S: Patrick Abba Moro (PDP)
Borno	C: Kashim Shettima (APC) N: Kyari Abubakar Shaib (APC) S: Mohammed Ali Ndume (APC)
Cross River	C: Sandy Ojang Onor (PDP) N: Agom Jarigbe (PDP)^[f] S: Gershom Bassey (PDP)
Delta	C: Ovie Omo-Agege (APC) N: Peter Nwaoboshi (APC)^[g] S: James Manager (PDP)
Ebonyi	C: Joseph Ogba (PDP) N: Sam Egwu (PDP) S: Michael Ama Nnachi (PDP)
Edo	C: Clifford Ordia (PDP) N: Francis Alimikhena (APC) S: Matthew Urhoghide (PDP)

Ekiti	C: Michael Opeyemi Bamidele (APC) N: Olubunmi Ayodeji Adetunmbi (APC) S: Abiodun Olujimi (PDP)^[h]
Enugu	E: Chimaroke Nnamani (PDP) N: Utazi Chukwuka (PDP) W: Ike Ekweremadu (PDP)
FCT	FCT: Philips Tanimu Aduda (PDP)
Gombe	C: Mohammed Danjuma Goje (APC) N: Sa'idu Ahmed Alkali (APC) S: Amos Bulus Kilawangs (APC)
Imo	E: Onyewuchi Francis Ezenwa (PDP) N: (APC)^[i] W: Rochas Okorocha (APC)^[j]
Jigawa	NE: Ibrahim Hassan Hadejia (APC) NW: Danladi Abdullahi Sankara (APC) SW: Mohammed Sabo (APC)
Kaduna	C: Uba Sani (APC) N: Suleiman Abdu Kwari (APC) S: Danjuma Laah (PDP)
Kano	C: Ibrahim Shekarau (APC) N: Jibrin Barau (APC) S: Kabiru Ibrahim Gaya (APC)
Katsina	C: Kabir Barkiya (APC) S: Bello Mandiya (APC) N: Ahmad Babba Kaita (APC)
Kebbi	C: Adamu Aliero (APC) N: Yahaya Abubakar Abdullahi (APC) S: Bala Ibn Na'Allah (APC)
Kogi	C: Yakubu Oseni (APC) E: Jibrin Isah (APC) W: Smart Adeyemi (APC)^[k]
Kwara	C: Ibrahim Yahaya Oloriegbe (APC) N: Suleiman Sadiq Umar (APC) S: Lola Ashiru (APC)
Lagos	C: Oluremi Tinubu (APC) E: Tokunbo Abiru (APC)^[l] W: Solomon Olamilekan Adeola (APC)

Nasarawa	N: Godiya Akwashiki (APC) S: Umaru Tanko Al-Makura (APC) W: Abdullahi Adamu (APC)
Niger	E: Sani Musa (APC)^[m] N: Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi (APC) S: Muhammad Bima Enagi (APC)
Ogun	C: Ibikunle Amosun (APC) E: Ramoni Olalekan Mustapha (APC) W: Odebiyi Tolulope Akinremi (APC)
Ondo	C: Akinyelure Patrick Ayo (PDP) N: Robert Ajayi Boroffice (APC) S: Nicholas Tofowomo (PDP)
Osun	C: Ajibola Basiru (APC) E: Fadahunsi Francis Adenigba (PDP) W: Adelere Adeyemi Oriolowo (APC)
Oyo	C: Teslim Folarin (APC) N: Abdulfatai Buhari (APC) S: Mohammed Kola Balogun (PDP)
Plateau	C: Hezekiah Ayuba Dimka (APC) N: Istifanus Gyang (PDP) S: Nora Daduut (APC)^[n]
Rivers	E: George Thompson Sekibo (PDP) SE: Barry Mpigi (PDP) W: Betty Apiafi (PDP)
Sokoto	E: Abdullahi Ibrahim Gobir (APC) N: Aliyu Wamakko (APC) S: Ibrahim Abdullahi Danbaba (PDP)^[o]
Taraba	C: Yusuf Abubakar Yusuf (APC) N: Shuaibu Isa Lau (PDP) S: Emmanuel Bwacha (PDP)
Yobe	E: Ibrahim Gaidam (APC) N: Ahmed Lawan (APC) S: Ibrahim Mohammed Bomai (APC)
Zamfara	C: Hassan Muhammed Gusau (APC)^[p] N: Sahabi Alhaji Yaú (APC)^[p] W: Lawali Hassan Anka (APC)^[p]

APC: All Progressives Congress - PDP: People's Democratic Party - YPP: Young Progressives Party

^ Abbo was elected as a member of the PDP but switched to the APC in November 2020.
^ The PDP's Ekpenyong was elected Senator in 2019 but a Court of Appeal partially annulled the results and called a supplementary election in the affected areas. Ekpenyong won the ensuing rerun election and was sworn-in again in January 2020.
^ Oduah was elected as a member of the PDP but switched to the APC in August 2021.
^ The PDP's Douye Diri was elected Senator in 2019 but resigned in February 2020 after winning election to become Bayelsa State Governor. Cleopas won the ensuing bye-election and took office in December 2020.
^ The PDP's Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo was elected Senator in 2019 but resigned in February 2020 after winning election to become Bayelsa State Deputy Governor. Dickson won the ensuing bye-election and took office in December 2020.
^ The PDP's Rose Okoji Oko was elected Senator in 2019 but died in March 2020. Jarigbe and fellow PDP member Stephen Odey fought in court over the ensuing by-election's PDP nomination; Odey won both initial court decisions and the by-election before taking office late in December 2020. However, Jarigbe later won several court challenges which declared him the legitimate PDP nominee and thus Senator. Jarigbe took office in September 2021.
^ Nwaoboshi was elected as a member of the PDP but switched to the APC in June 2021.
^ The APC's Adebayo Clement Adeyeye was elected Senator in 2019 but the NASS Election Petition Tribunal awarded and Court of Appeal affirmed the win to Olujimi. She took office in November 2019.
^ Due to disputes over alleged irregularities, the APC's Benjamin Uwajumogu was not sworn in until July 2019. Uwajumogu died in December 2019 leading to a bye-election. After disputes, Ibezim was awarded the bye-election victory and took office in April 2021.
^ Due to disputes over the alleged forced declaration of his election, Okorocha was not sworn in until June 14, 2019.
^ The PDP's Dino Melaye was elected Senator in 2019 but Adeyemi petitioned against the results and the NASS Election Petition Tribunal annulled the results and called a new election. Adeyemi won the ensuing rerun election and took office in December 2019.
^ The APC's Adebayo Osinowo was elected Senator in 2019 but died in June 2020. Abiru won the ensuing bye-election and took office in December 2020.
^ The APC's David Umaru was elected Senator in 2019 but the Supreme Court awarded the APC primary win to Musa making him Senator. He took office in July 2019.
^ The APC's Ignatius Datong Longjan was elected Senator in 2019 but died in February 2020. Daduut won the ensuing bye-election and took office in December 2020.
^ The APC's was elected Senator in 2019 but a Court of Appeal awarded the win to Danbaba. He took office in November 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c Prior to inauguration, the APC's Zamfara votes were voided due to improper holding of party primaries. Thus the PDP runners-up took office. All three (Anka, Gusau, Yaú) switched to the APC in June 2021.