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Abubakar Malami
Nigerian lawyer, politician

Abubakar Malami

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Abubakar Malami (SAN), is a Nigerian politician and lawyer who currently doubles as Nigeria's Minister for Justice and Attorney-General since November 15, 2015.

Early life and education

Abubakar Malami was born on April 17, 1967 in Birnin Kebbi, the capital of Kebbi State, Northern Nigeria. His early formal education began at Nassarawa Primary School, Birnin Kebbi before he completed his secondary school education at College of Arts and Arabic Studies. In 1991, he graduated from Usmanu Danfodiyo University where he studied Law and was called to the bar in 1992. Abubakar is an alumnus of the University of Maiduguri where he obtained his master's degree in Public Administration in 1994.

Career

As a legal practitioner, Abubakar has served in various capacities including being a councel and magistrate in Kebbi State and as National Legal Adviser of the defunt Congress for Progressive Change. Abubakar Malami was actively involved in the formation of the All Progressives Congress in 2013 as the resource person to the Manifesto Drafting Sub-Committee of Inter Joint Party Merger Committees between the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP).

In 2014, Abubakar contested for the governorship ticket of the All Progressives Congress in Kebbi State but lost the primaries to Atiku Bugudu. On November 11, 2015, Abubakar was appointed as Minister for Justice and Attorney-General of the Federal Republic of Nigeria thus making him the youngest minister in Muhammadu Buhari's cabinet.

Recognitions

  • Senior Advocate of Nigeria – 2008

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