RACE TO 2023 PRESIDENCY: MALIK ADO-IBRAHIM

Prince Malik Ado-Ibrahim, a businessman, renowned human rights activist and founder of the Reset Nigeria Initiative, won the Young Progressives Party (YPP)'s presidential primary, thus emerging as their presidential candidate for the 2023 election. Shortly after his victory, he vowed to "uphold (his) mandates and live up to (his) great party's aspirations as a youth" proclaiming; "This is the beginning of a new dawn (for the party and the country)."

For those who may not be familiar with him, here are ten facts about Prince Malik Ado-Ibrahim.

1. Prince Abdul-Malik Ado-Ibrahim was born to the historical Atta Royal Family of Ebira Land, Kogi State, Nigeria on December 22, 1963. (Age 58)

2. He is the heir to the throne of the Ohinoyi of Ebira Land in Kogi Central, Kogi State, Nigeria.

3. Prince Malik received his early schooling in the United Kingdom before earning a Bachelor of Science in Economics at the American College in the United States.

4. The prince was a model student, excelling in both academics and athletics; he was the first black man to own a Formula One team, Arrows F1, and he is an exceptional polo player.

5. From 2007 to 2011, he served as an Under-Secretary at IREO, the United Nations' Intergovernmental Agency for Renewable and Sustainable Energy; this spurred his interest in the renewable energy industry, and he founded Bicenergy, one of Africa's top energy and technology enterprises.

6. In 2016, his business, Nigus Enfinity, collaborated with Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to host the first solar exhibition in Nigeria; since then, they have participated in renewable energy projects in South Africa and the United Arab Emirates.

7. He founded the Reset Nigeria Initiative, a movement that aspires to reform Nigerian politics. Using sectorial information to empower citizens, he seeks to reorient citizens toward responsibility in governance.

8. Prince Malik is married to several spouses, who have remained out of the public eye and about whom little is known other than the fact that they are blessed with numerous children.

9. In August 2020, he married Adama Indimi, the daughter of Mohammed Indimi, an oil mogul and the chairman of Oriental Energy Resources.

10. The son of the Ebira monarch’s net worth is estimated to run into millions of dollars, with his father, HRH Dr. Ado Ibrahim, the Ohinoyi of Ebira Land famed as the first Nigerian to drill oil in the country and become a pioneer in the sector.

QUOTE:

"We have no choice, other than to correct our direction as a nation. It’s not a fight, it’s a contest to reset Nigeria. We are all Nigerians we are not enemies."

- Prince Malik Ado-Ibrahim

Obidient matters.