Engineer Abdullahi Sule is a politician, businessman and entrepreneur from Nigeria born on December 26, 1959.
On an All Progressives Congress (APC) platform, he was re-elected as governor of Nasarawa state to serve until 2023.
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- Name: Abdullahi Sule
- male
- Date of birth: December 26, 1959
- Place of birth: Akwanga
- Country: Nigeria
- Nationality: Nigerian
- Occupation: Politician
Early life
On December 26, 1959, Abdullahi Audu Sule was born in Akwanga-West Development Area, Nasarawa State.
In 1968, he began his formal education at the Roman Catholic Mission Primary School (RMC) at Gudi Station. He next joined the Government Technical College, Bukuru, in 1977 after graduating from Zang Secondary School in 1974.
In 1980, after finishing high school, he enrolled in Barkin Ladi’s Plateau State Polytechnic. Then, relying on a scholarship, he left Nigeria to study at Indiana University in Terre Haute, Indiana, where he graduated with a master’s degree in industrial technology and a bachelor of science degree in mechanical technology.
Career
Sule returned to Nigeria in 1985 as a youth corps member of the Plateau Utilities Commission. On October 1, 2018, he won the governorship primaries of the Nasarawa State Progressive Congress.
Engineer Abdullahi Sule was appointed as the new governor of Nasarawa on 10 March 2019, following the gubernatorial election on 9 March 2019. On 29 May 2019, he was sworn in as governor Governor of Nasarawa state.
Abdullahi Sule was elected governor of Nasarawa state.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for governor of Nasarawa State, Governor Abdullahi Sule, has been declared the winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
On Monday, Professor Ishaya Tanko, State Collation Officer and Repatriation Officer of INEC, made the announcement at the Nasarawa State Collation Center in Lafia.
According to the INEC returning official, the APC candidate received 347,209 votes, defeating David Ombugadu, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, who received 283,016 votes.
Personal life
Hajiya Silifa and Hajiya Farida are the wives of Abdullahi Sule.
Net value
Abdullahi Sule is said to have a net worth of $5 million.
