Bukola Saraki appoints new aides

Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has appointed Mr. Ibrahim El-Sudi as his Special Adviser on Legal Matters.

A statement by Saraki’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Yusuph Olaniyonu, on Sunday, also said the Senate President had also approved the appointment of Mr. Mohammed Isah as Special Assistant on Public Affairs.


Olaniyonu said El-Sudi comes to the job with a great wealth of experience, having started his career as a legal practitioner in Kano in 1990.

He added that the new aide had also served as Special Adviser on Legal and Legislative Matters to the Governor of Taraba State between 2002 and 2003 and was later appointed Secretary to the State Government in 2007.

El-Sudi, according to Olaniyonu, was again appointed the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Taraba State in 2009 and later elected as a member of the 7th House of Representatives.

He said Isah, on the other hand, was former Senior Special Assistant on Print Media to ex-Speaker, House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Waziri Tambuwal.

Saraki, with the latest appointments, now have seven political appointees, having appointed five about a month ago.