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Ibrahim Lame

Nigerian politician and educator (1953–2019)

Summary

Nigerian politician and educator (1953–2019)

Field	Value
name	Ibrahim Yakubu Lame
office1	Senator
term_start1	1992
term_end1	1993
office2	Minister of Police Affairs
term_start2	17 December 2008
term_end2	March 2010
president2	Umaru Yar’Adua
birth_date
birth_place	Bauchi State, Nigeria
death_date
death_place	Abuja, Nigeria	party =

Dr. Ibrahim Yakubu Lame (10 February 1953 – 25 May 2019) was a Nigerian educator and politician, who was elected as senator in 1992 during the Third Republic, appointed Senior Special Assistant to President Olusegun Obasanjo in August 1999, and appointed Minister of Police Affairs by President Umaru Yar'Adua in December 2008.{{cite web |access-date=2009-12-26

Background

Ibrahim Yakubu Lame was born on February 10, 1953, in Bauchi State. He attended Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, where he obtained a B.Sc. Political Science, then attended Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, United States where he earned a Ph.D. Higher Education Administration. He was appointed Assistant Registrar of Bauchi College of Arts and Science, Bauchi State, in 1978. He became the college’s principal in 1984. From 1985 to 1987 he was Commissioner for Education. In 1992 he was elected Senator. From 1998 to 1999 he was the People's Democratic Party (PDP) deputy national secretary.

In August 1999 he was appointed Senior Special Assistant to President Olusegun Obasanjo, advising on Narcotics and Financial Crime. In 2002 he was Director General of the Peoples Democratic Institute, and was seen as a possible PDP candidate for governor of Bauchi State in the April 2003 elections.{{cite web |access-date=2009-12-26 |archive-date=2023-03-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318090138/http://news.biafranigeriaworld.com/archive/coverstories/2002/dec/0106.html |url-status=usurped

Minister of Police Affairs

On 17 December 2008, President Umaru Yar'Adua appointed him Minister of Police Affairs.{{cite web |access-date=2009-12-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110617041654/http://www.newswatchngr.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=409&Itemid=1 |archive-date=17 June 2011 |url-status=dead Soon after taking office, he noted that there were major problems with the police force. Detention cells and barracks were in bad shape, there was a severe lack of vehicles and community relations needed improvement.{{cite web |access-date=2009-12-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721135244/http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/News/5501477-147/story.csp |archive-date=July 21, 2011 |url-status=dead In November 2009, he responded to allegations that N3.5 billion released for crime prevention and control in seven cities had gone astray, saying the money was intact but there had been delays in awarding the projects.{{cite web |access-date=2009-12-26}}

References

Haruna Mohammed Salisu. (May 26, 2019). "BREAKING: Former Minister of Police Affairs Dr Yakubu Lame is dead". Wikki Times.
[https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/ex-police-affairs-minister-yakubu-lame-dies-in-abuja.html Ex-Police Affairs minister, Yakubu Lame dies in Abuja]

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