Mohammed Kabiru Jibril | |
Office: | Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria |
Term Start: | May 2007 |
Term End: | May 2011 |
Predecessor: | Mohammed Aruwa |
Successor: | Mohammed Saleh |
Constituency: | Kaduna Central |
Birth Date: | 18 May 1958 |
Birth Place: | Zaria, Northern Region, British Nigeria (now in Kaduna State, Nigeria) |
Death Place: | Abuja, Nigeria |
Nationality: | Nigerian |
Party: | People's Democratic Party (PDP) |
Children: | Hafsat, Mohammad Tajudeen, Najah, Ummul Khair. |
Residence: | Villa |
Alma Mater: | Ahmadu Bello University |
Occupation: | Lawyer, Politician and Humanitarian |
Mohammed Kabiru Jibril (18 May 1958 – 19 September 2017) was a Nigerian senator who was elected under the People's Democratic Party (PDP) to represent the Kaduna Central Senatorial District of Kaduna State in April 2007.[1]
Mohammed Kabiru Jibril was born on 18 May 1958. He has an LL.B from Ahmadu Bello University -1984, Nigerian Law School-1985. Prior to his election to the senate, he was the National Legal Advisor and National Secretary, North-West Zone for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).[1]
thumb|right|200px|Kaduna State in NigeriaMohammed Kabiru Jibril was elected to the National Senate for the Kaduna Central constituency in 2007 and was appointed to committees on Solid Minerals, Security & Intelligence, Police Affairs, Interior Affairs, Gas and Air Force.[1]
In May 2009, Emmanuel Egboga, special adviser on petroleum to President Umaru Yar'Adua alleged that [2] some senators and labor union leaders may have been bribed on a trip to Ghana to frustrate effort to reform the oil and gas sector . The senate directed its ethics committee to hold a public hearing to investigate the allegation. Senators named by Egboga included Mohammed Kabiru Jibril but was later found clean.[3]
In July 2009 the Nigerian Senate unanimously passed a bill to establish the National Climate Change Commission, sponsored by Senator Jibril.[4] Other bills that Kabiru Jabril sponsored or co-sponsored include National Inland Waterways Authority, Nigeria Police Equipment Commission (Amendment), Legal Practitioners Act (Amendment) 2009, Police Act (Repeal and Re-enactment) 2009, Prison Service Act Repeal and Re-enactment 2009 and Criminal Justice Act (Amendment).[5]
He died on 19 September 2017 at the age of 59.[6] [7] [8]