Buhari Abdulfatai

Abdulfatai Omotayo Buhari is a Nigerian politician born in 1965 in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria, who has served as senator representing Oyo North Senatorial district since 2015.

He pursued Business Administration at the University of Ilorin, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in 1985.

He furthered his education to Ahmadu Bello University Zaria (ABU Zaria), where he graduated with a master's in business administration in 1993.

In 2009, he obtained a PhD in public policy from the University of Abuja.

He was first elected during the 2015 senatorial elections and re-elected in 2019, where he ran for re-election and won with over 18,338 votes, triumphing over his PDP counterpart with a total of 107,703 votes. He also won in 2023.

In 2003, he served as a member of the House of Representatives representing Ogbomosho North, Ogbomosho South, and Ori Ire Federal Constituencies.

In November 2015, he was appointed vice chairman of the Senate committee on industry. Subsequently, he was appointed chairman of the Senate committee on ICT & Cyber Crime.

He has served as a commissioner for local government and chieftaincy matters of Oyo State.

He was also the chairman of the Nigeria Senate committee on land and marine transport in the 9th Senate.

He was named the chairman, Senate committee on aviation of the 10th Senate on 8 August 2023.

Here are some of his posts: Chairman at Land Transport Committee from June 2019 to June 2023, Vice chairman at ICT and Cybercrime Committee from June 2019 to June 2019, Chairman at ICT & Cyber Crime Committee from June 2015 to June 2019, Vice-chairman at Industry Committee from June 2015 to June 2019, Senator at Senate from May 2015 to May 2019. Fatai Buhari has been described as a Tinubu-like senator.