Yakubu Oseni

Yakubu Oseni
Senator of Nigeria
Incumbent
Assumed office
May 2019
Preceded byAhmed Ogembe
Succeeded byOhere Sadiku Abubakar
ConstituencyKogi Central
Executive Chairman of the Kogi State Internal Revenue Service
In office
March 2016 – August 2018
Personal details
Born1975 (age 48–49)
Adavi, Kogi State, Nigeria
Political partyAll Progressives Congress

Yakubu Oseni (listenⓘ; 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]

Oseni won the Senatorial seat with 76,120 votes,[5] 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[6][7]

He was the Executive Chairman of the Kogi State Internal Revenue Service (2016–2018) appointed by Governor of Kogi State Yahaya Bello.[8][9]

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  3. ^ "APC clinches Kogi Central Senate seat". www.pulse.ng. 2019-02-25. Archived from the original on 2019-07-25. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
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  5. ^ "Solid minerals areas commission bill passes 2nd reading at Senate". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2021-06-22. Archived from the original on 2023-03-16. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
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  8. ^ Egwu, Sam (2018-07-26). "Kogi Revenue Chair Joins Senate Race". Leadership Newspaper. Archived from the original on 2019-07-25. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
  9. ^ "Alhaji Yakubu Oseni Receives New KIRS Boss | :: Latest Kogi News, Kogireports ::". 4 December 2018. Retrieved 2019-07-26.