Rafiu Adebayo Ibrahim
Rafiu Adebayo Ibrahim | |
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| Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria from Kwara South Senatorial District | |
| In office 6 June 2015 – May 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Simon Ajibola |
| Succeeded by | Lola Ashiru |
| Member of the House of Representatives of Nigeria for Ifelodun/Offa/Oyun | |
| In office 2011–2015 | |
| Preceded by | Kola Yusuf |
| Succeeded by | Tope Olayonu Danlad |
| Member of the Kwara State House of Assembly For Oke-Ogun Constituency | |
| In office 2009–2011 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Rafiu Adebayo Ibrahim PhD, FCIB 12 December 1966 Ojoku, Northern Region, Nigeria |
| Died | 17 April 2024 (aged 57) Abuja, Nigeria |
| Political party | Peoples Democratic Party |
| Residence(s) | Abuja (official) Ilorin, Kwara state (private) |
| Alma mater | Kwara State Polytechnic University of Ado-Ekiti (MSc) Lagos Business School |
| Profession | Businessman politician |
Rafiu Adebayo Ibrahim (12 December 1966 – 17 April 2024) was a Nigerian politician who was a senator from Kwara State. He represented Kwara South Senatorial District in the 8th National Assembly. Senator Ibrahim was the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions, and also a member of Senate Committees on Appropriation, Federal Character and Inter Government Affairs, and Media and Public Affairs.
Ibrahim started off his political career, under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as a member of Kwara State House of Assembly in 2009, and was later elected in April 2011 to represent Ifelodun/Offa/Oyun Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives of Nigeria of the 7th National Assembly. Ibrahim rose to become a Senator of the Federal Republic in 2015 when he was elected to represent Kwara South Senatorial District at the Nigerian Senate. He lost his re-election bid into the 9th National Assembly to Lola Ashiru of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the 2019 general elections.