Daily Post22 Mar 2026
Ex-Senator Abdulaziz Nyako dumps ADC months after joining partyElection2023 Nigerian Senate Elections →
RaceAdamawa race →
StateAdamawa →
Born18 October 1971 (age 54)
ReligionIslam
GenderMale
EducationNigerian Defence Academy
BirthplaceAdamawa State
OccupationPolitician
QualificationWAEC NDAWhat do these qualifications mean?
Nyako Abdul-Aziz Murtala is a Nigerian politician who contested the 2023 Nigerian Senate Elections as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in Adamawa.
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Biography
Abdul-Aziz Murtala Nyako (born 19 December 1970) is a Nigerian senator who represents Adamawa central in the 8th National Assembly.
He is the chairman of the Special Duties Committee of the Nigerian Senate.
Nyako was elected as a senator into the 8th National Assembly under the All Progressives Congress (APC) but later decamped to the African Democratic Congress to contest as governor for Adamawa.
He is the son of the former governor of Adamawa state, Murtala Nyako.
Adamawa central Senatorial District covers seven local government areas.
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