30 Facts About Adolphus Wabara

Adolphus Nduneweh Wabara was born on 1 June 1948 and is a Nigerian politician and diplomat who served as the 10th president of the Nigerian Senate from 2003 to 2005.

Adolphus Wabara proceeded to join the People's Democratic Party in 1998 and was elected as Abia South's senator in the Nigerian Senate for two consecutive tenures.

Adolphus Wabara was educated in the then Soviet Union, at the Kyiv State University where he graduated with a Master of Arts in International Relations with distinction.

Adolphus Wabara's father, a native of Ohambele, Ndoki in Abia State, worked at the Nigerian Railway Corporation and his mother was a trader.

Adolphus Wabara's father was a member of the NCNC who pioneered the Igbo State Union in its inception.

Adolphus Wabara is the second of seven children, six brothers and one sister.

Adolphus Wabara attended the Methodist Boys' High School, Lagos, and graduated in 1966.

The historic economic crises that swept throughout Nigeria in the 1980s took a toll on his businesses, and subsequently, Adolphus Wabara worked as the Assistant General Manager Apapa Trawlers, a subsidiary of the Ibru Organization from 1985 to 1989.

Adolphus Wabara became an Honorable Member of the House of Representatives in the 3rd Republic.

That year, Adolphus Wabara was one of those who would stood against the annulment, even after the subsequent Head of State, General Sanni Abacha dissolved the National Parliament.

One of the tenets of the transition program was non-party elections into local government positions in Nigeria, and by it, Adolphus Wabara was elected and reelected into council Chairmanship for the Ukwa East Local Government.

The Peoples Democratic Party was founded in 1998, and Adolphus Wabara was a foundational member.

On 3 June 1999, Adolphus Wabara was sworn in as a Nigerian Senator; days after the inauguration of President Olusegun Obasanjo.

Adolphus Wabara was appointed the Chairman of the Senate Strategic Committee on Defence and then, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Police Affairs.

In 2003, Adolphus Wabara won the PDP Senatorial primaries against Chief Emeka Wogu and proceeded to contest for reelection into the Nigerian Senate for Abia South.

Imo was declared the winner of the Senatorial election, but an appeal court confirmed that Adolphus Wabara had indeed been reelected.

Controversies arose before and after the litigation, but in the end, Adolphus Wabara was sworn into the Nigerian Senate for a second term.

Adolphus Wabara had put himself forward for the position during his first tenure but didn't get elected, but he did, a few years later.

Adolphus Wabara committed to non-interference with the independence of the media and judiciary.

Adolphus Wabara believed that as a multi-ethnic entity, Nigeria required a constitution that would cater to her diversity without favoritism or discrimination.

Adolphus Wabara set up a committee to review the 1999 Constitution which was inaugurated in September 2003.

Adolphus Wabara said he was ready for the probe, and said the allegations were false, raised by Igbo senators who wanted his position.

In March 2019, fourteen years after his first appearance at the Federal High Court, Adolphus Wabara was discharged and acquitted of the bribery allegations.

Adolphus Wabara has held traditional titles, such as the Agbawodike Izu of Eziama in Aba, Abia State.

Adolphus Wabara served in that capacity for two tenures with achievements in the electrification of the university, as well as a collaboration between the university and "Excellence in Education," London.

Adolphus Wabara is a member of the Institute of Public Relations in London.

In November 2022 following the resignation of the former BoT chairman, Walid Jibrin, former Senate President, Adolphus Wabara, emerged the new chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Board of Trustees.

Adolphus Wabara married Felicia Edomola Ikhile from Esan-West LGA in Edo State.

Adolphus Wabara is an administrator having worked at both the Nigerian Embassy, in London, where they met, and the Nigerian Consulate in New York.

Adolphus Wabara's wife died on 10 April 2022 at the age of 69 after a battle with cancer.