Yakubu Oseni

Yakubu Oseni (born 1975) is a Nigerian politician and a Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria for Kogi Central Senatorial District of Kogi State Nigeria.[1] He was elected in the February 2019 Nigerian general elections under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).[2][3][4]

Yakubu Oseni
Executive Chairman of the Kogi State Internal Revenue Service
In office March 2016 – August 2018
Senator for Kogi Central
Incumbent
Assumed office May 2019
Preceded by	Ahmed Ogembe
Personal details
Born	1975 Adavi, Kogi State, Nigeria
Political party	All Progressives Congress

Oseni won the Senatorial seat with 76,120 votes, followed by Natasha Akpoti of the Social Democratic Party (Nigeria), who scored 48, 336 votes to come second, the incumbent Senator, Ahmed Ogembe of the Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria), who came third scored 19, 359 votes in the 2019 General Elections[5][6]

He was the Executive Chairman of the Kogi State Internal Revenue Service (2016-2018) appointed by Governor of Kogi State Yahaya Bello.[7][8]

References

1. "Sen. OSENI YAKUBU". National Assembly. Retrieved 2019-07-26.
2. "#NigeriaDecides2019 | APC's Oseni clinches Kogi Central Senate seat » Latest News » Tribune Online". Tribune Online. 2019-02-25. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
3. "APC clinches Kogi Central Senate seat". www.pulse.ng. 2019-02-25. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
4. Oketade, Oyinloluwa (2019-02-25). "Kogi Central: APC Wins Senate Seat". Leadership Newspaper. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
5. "APC wins Kogi Central Senate seat". 2019-02-25. Retrieved 2019-07-26.
6. Published. "APC wins Kogi Central Senate seat". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 2019-07-26.
7. Egwu, Sam (2018-07-26). "Kogi Revenue Chair Joins Senate Race". Leadership Newspaper. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
8. "Alhaji Yakubu Oseni Receives New KIRS Boss | :: Latest Kogi News, Kogireports ::". Retrieved 2019-07-26.