Enyinnaya Abaribe | |
|---|---|
| Senator for Abia South | |
| Assumed office 5 June 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Adolphus Wabara |
| Senate Minority Leader | |
| In office 2 July 2019 – 27 May 2022 | |
| Succeeded by | Philip Aduda |
| Deputy Governor of Abia State | |
| In office 29 May 1999 – 7 March 2003 | |
| Governor | Orji Uzor Kalu |
| Succeeded by | Chima Nwafor |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 March 1955 Aba, Eastern Region, British Nigeria (now in Abia State, Nigeria) |
| Political party | All Progressives Grand Alliance (since 2022) |
| Other political affiliations | Peoples Democratic Party (before 2022) |
| Spouse | Florence Morris |
| Children | 3 |
| Occupation | Politician |
Enyinnaya Harcourt Abaribe (born 1 March 1955) is a Nigerian politician who has served as the senator representing Abia South senatorial district since 2007.[1] He previously served as deputy governor of Abia State from 1999 until his resignation and subsequent impeachment in March 2003. He was the minority leader in the 9th senate.[2][3][4]
In January 2020, Abaribe during a motion against worsening insecurity in Nigeria, asked President Muhammadu Buhari to resign[5][6] reminding president Buhari that Nigerians voted him into power in 2015 and renewed his mandate in 2019 to tackle the security situation in the country. Abaribe said Buhari had made a promise while campaigning for the presidency in 2015 that Nigerians should stone him (Buhari)[7] out of government should he fail to improve the security situation in the country. “Nigerians voted a government into power. We are going with stones to stone them now because they have failed", Abaribe's motion in the senate concluded.[8]