Atiku Abubakar Net Worth: Biography, Political Life and Career

In this article, we bring you Atiku Abubakar Net Worth, his Biography, Political Life and Career, and every other information there is to know about the prominent Nigerian business mogul, investor, politician, and philanthropist.

Though known as a businessman, Atiku Abubakar GCON is also a successful Nigerian Politician, who served the federal republic of Nigeria as vice president under the presidency of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo from 1999 to 2007.

Atiku Abubakar Profile

Birth Name: Atiku Abubakar

Net Worth: $4 billion

Gender: Male

Birth Date: 25th November 1946

Birth Place: Adamawa State

Nationality: Nigeria

Father: Garba Abubakar

Mother: Aisha Kande

Religion: Muslim

Ethnicity: Black

Marital Status: Married

Children: Blessed with Many.

Social Media: Facebook and Twitter.

Atiku Abubakar Background

Atiku Abubakar was born on the 25th of November 1946 in Jada village, the area of Adamawa State. He lost his only sister at a tender age and this made him one and only child of his dear parents.

Being a practicing Muslim, Abubakar has four wives with 28 children. He is a businessman, politician, and also philanthropist.

Atiku Abubakar Political Career

Atiku Abubakar is amongst the richest politicians in Nigeria. He began his political career as an underground agent during Bamanga Tukur’s campaign as the Governor of his State.

Thereafter, he met Shehu Musa Yar’Adua, who invited him to a political meeting that usually holds in his house. Not long after, he maneuvered his way and became the People Front of Nigeria’s national vice-chairman.

After holding several offices within his political party, he tried becoming the Governor of Adamawa State in 1991 but he failed. Subsequently, he cross-carpeted to the People’s Democratic Party where he later emerged as the Governor of Adamawa state.

Atiku Abubakar Tenure as the Vice-President

On the 29th of May, 1999, Atiku Abubakar was sworn in as the vice-president of Nigeria under the leadership of President Olusegun Obasanjo. In 2006, Abubakar and his boss, President Olusegun Obasanjo had a clash over his move to amend the constitution of the land.

Essentially, Obasanjo’s motive for amending the Constitution is to allow him to run for the presidency for the third time. This cause big chaos between them and they became a total stranger to each other.

Atiku’s Presidential Run

Atiku has had the will and the passion to become the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria right from his onset as a politician. He had tried on different occasions but to no avail.

In 1992, Atiku made a move to run for Nigeria’s president under Social Democratic Party, where he lost to MKO Abiola and Babagana. He tried again in 2006 under the auspices of the Action Congress (AC) and thereafter, he came third, behind Musa Yar’Adua of PDP and Muhammadu Buhari of ANPP candidate.

In the same vein, Atiku Abubakar’s race to become the president continues as he contested for president in the 2011 general elections. This time, representing the Peoples Democratic Party. Unfortunately again, he the primaries to the former president, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan.

Still, on the mission of becoming the president, Atiku Abubakar announced his intentions to run for Nigeria’s President under the auspices of PDP in 2018. He however won the nomination at the party’s convention on October 7th.

A feat he attained by spending a huge amount of dollars on delegates. But unfortunately enough, Atiku Abubakar the presidential election again to President Muhammadu Buhari this time around on the 27th of February, 2019.

Atiku Abubakar Net Worth

Atiku is a successful business owner and astute politician. He definitely has enough money and assets registered to his name. No doubt about that. Being a politician, it is practically impossible to ascertain the real and actual net worth he is having.

But nevertheless, a rough estimate of all his traceable assets and earnings was made by networthhouse.com, and Atiku Abubakar has been estimated to be worth $ 4 billion.

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