Abdullahi Mohammed Raji

Abdullahi Mohammed Raji is listed here as a male Nigerian politician born on 1962-01-01, with FSLC and SSCE qualifications, Mohammed Auwalu Falala as running mate, and Keffi as birthplace. The same bio text then provides a long profile of Abdullahi Adamu, stating he was born in Keffi, Nasarawa State, on 23 July 1946; attended Government Secondary School, Makurdi (1960-1962), Government Technical College, Bukuru (1962-1965), and Kaduna Polytechnic (1965-1968); returned to Kaduna Polytechnic for a Higher National Diploma in June 1971; and began work in 1967 with the Electricity Corporation of Nigeria.

It states that in 1971 he joined Northern Nigeria Development Corporation (NNDC) Kaduna, and in 1973 joined AEK as Project Manager for the Durbar Hotel and Murtala Mohammed Square projects in Kaduna. It says he was appointed Executive Secretary of the Benue/Plateau Construction Company in October 1975, served as Chairman of Benue Cement Company, Gboko, from February 1980 to September 1983, enrolled in a part-time University of Jos law degree in 1987 and obtained an LLB (Hons) in 1992, then attended Nigerian Law School in Lagos, obtained BL, and was called to the Bar in December 1993.

The profile also says he entered politics in 1977 and was elected to the Constituent Assembly that drafted the constitution for Nigeria's Second Republic (1979-1983), was a pioneer member of the National Party of Nigeria (NPN), served as first Secretary-General of NPN in Plateau State from December 1978, became NPN chairman in Plateau from 1982 to 1983, was appointed to the National Constitutional Conference in 1994, and served as Minister of State in the Works and Housing Ministry from March 1995 to November 1997. In the 2023 Kano State governorship election, Abdullahi Mohammed Raji contested as the Labour Party (LP) candidate with Mohammed Auwalu Falala as running mate and lost the election.