Atiku Abubakar Net Worth, Bio, Phone Number & Political Journey

What is Atiku Abubakar net worth? Atiku Abubakar is a prominent Nigerian politician and businessman who served in the office of the Vice President of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007 during the presidency of Olusegun Obasanjo. Also, he contested for the position of Governor in Adamawa State three times and was later elected in 1998 before becoming Olusegun Obasanjo’s running mate during the 1999 presidential election and re-elected in 2003. Stand by and read through to learn all that you can about Atiku Abubakar.

Atiku Abubakar Profile

Full Name:	Atiku Abubakar
Date of Birth:	25th, November 1946
Place of Birth:	Jada, Nigeria
Nationality:	Nigerian
Age:	75 Years Old
Career:	Businessman / Politician
Marital Status:	Married
Net Worth:	$2.8 billion

Atiku Abubakar Biography

Atiku Abubakar birthdate was on the 25^th of November 1946 in Jada, a village which formally under the administration of the British Cameroons, it later amalgamated with the Federation of Nigeria in the 1961 British Cameroons referendum.

Atiku parents are Garba Abubakar (father), a Fulani trader and farmer, and Aisha Kande (mother). His paternal grandfather, Atiku Abdulqadir whom he was named after is from Wurno, a village in Sokoto State and migrated to Kojoli village at Jada, Adamawa State,

Growing up was lonely for him as he became the only child of his parents after the demise of his only sister at infancy. Also, when Atiku was 11-years-old in 1957, he lost his father who died by drowning while crossing a river to Toungo, a neighbouring village to Jada.

He was educated and began schooling despite his father’s disdain for Western training and he made attempts to keep Atiku from enrolling into the conventional educational system. Public authorities arrested his father when they eventually found out that Abubakar was not going to required tutoring until his maternal grandmother paid the fine.

When Atiku was 8-years-old, he enrolled into Jada Primary School, Adamawa and he graduated in 1960. He then gained admission into Adamawa Provincial Secondary School in the same year. In 1965, he moved on from optional school after he made evaluation three in the West African Senior School Certificate Examination.

Later on, after optional school, Atiku for a short time attended the Nigeria Police College in Kaduna. But he eventually left the College because he couldn’t present an O-Level Mathematics result.

Soon afterwards, he began working in the Regional Ministry of Finance as a tax Officer. It was here that he picked up admission to the School of Hygiene in Kano in 1966, and graduated with a Diploma in 1967. In the same year, he applied for a Law Diploma at the Ahmadu Bello University Institute of Administration, on a grant from the provincial government. He then graduated in 1969, during the Nigerian Civil War.

Atiku Abubakar Net Worth

Atiku Abubakar Net Worth is our next point of discussion. He is a wealthy personality who did not only make his wealth from business only but also his political career.

As such, Atiku Abubakar Net Worth currently is estimated to be $2.8 billion. However, other sources postulated that his wealth is more than that.

Atiku Abubakar Career

Atiku Abubakar grew up to become a successful man whose wealth as will be discussed shortly under Atiku Abubakar Net Worth is humongous. After graduating from Ahmadu Bello University in 1969, he worked with the Nigerian Customs Service.

He was still in service when as fate will have it, on 29 May 1999, Abubakar was confirmed as Vice President of Nigeria, primarily his role includes Chairman of the National Economic Council and top of the National Council on Privatization.

However, Atiku’s second tenure as Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria was not without challenges due to his turbulent relationship with President Obasanjo. Unfortunately, both could not reconcile which led to Atiku dropping out in 2006, and as well changed his political party from Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the now defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in anticipation of the 2007 decisions.

Furthermore, Atiku is a businessman who ventured into different businesses mostly in Yola, Adamawa. They include the Adama Beverages Limited, a drink producing plant in Yola; he owns a creature feed processing plant, and the American University of Nigeria (AUN).

Atiku Abubakar Phone Number

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Personal Life

Going further in our discussion, it is time to peek into Atiku Abubakar’s personal life where we will discuss Atiku Abubakar Wives, plus his children and other relationships.

From what we gathered, Atiku has a large family consisting of 4 wives and twenty-eight children. No wonder a lot of readers are interested to find out about Atiku Abubakar Wives. The reason for his action was because of his loneliness while growing up as the only child of his parent with no siblings. So, he didn’t want his children to go through the same experience of loneliness as he once experienced.

He further stated that his wives are his sisters, his friends, and advisers and they complement one another.”

He was first married to Titilayo Albert in a secret wedding in 1971. Together they had four children, Fatima, Adamu, Halima and Aminu. He married his second wife, Ladi Yakubu in 1979 and together they had six children, Abba, Atiku, Zainab, Ummi-Hauwa, Maryam and Rukaiyatu. However, he later divorced Ladi Yakubu.

In 1983, Princess Rukaiyatu became his third wife. She was the daughter of Lamido of Adamawa, Aliyu Mustafa. Together they had seven children named Aisha, Hadiza, Aliyu, Asmau, Mustafa, Laila and Abdulsalam. Fatima Shettima became his fourth wife in 1986 and together they had 7 children named Amina, Mohammed and the twins Ahmed / Shehu, the twins Zainab / Aisha, and Hafsat.

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Conclusion

Atiku Abubakar is a respected political figure in Nigeria. He has occupied several political and ministerial offices. However, he still has his eyes set on the Nigerian presidential seat and he is vying for the position in the forthcoming election. I hope you had fun reading through and have learnt something new from our discourse about Atiku Abubakar.