The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Prof. Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda has appointed Suleiman Bakari as his adviser on Intelligence Coordination.
Bakari, an award-winning detective and law enforcement agent who served as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and was also the EFCC Liaison Officer at the National Assembly, He was appointed alongside 14 others as Special Advisers, Advisers and Senior Special Assistants (SSAs).
A member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Suleiman Bakari contested for a seat in the House of Representatives representing Jalingo–Yorro–Zing Federal Constituency 2019.
Born to the family of late Alhaji Bakari Muhammed of Majidadi Ward Jalingo and late Hajiya Fadimatu Muhammad on August 27 in the 70s in Jalingo Local Government Area of Taraba State, Sulaiman Bakari had his early childhood in Jalingo, Gurin in Adamawa State and Kaduna, Kaduna State.
He had his early education at the Mohammadu Tukur Primary School in Jalingo and Gurin Central Primary School in Adamawa State where he obtained First School Leaving Certificate between 1984 and 1991. From there he proceeded to Government College Jalingo, where he obtained the West African Examination Certificate (WAEC) in 1997.
Bakari obtained a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History from the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria in 2005 before doing a mandatory one year National Youth Service at the National Boundary Commission (NBC) at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja from 2006 to 2007. In 2012, he obtained a Master Degree in Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice from ABU, Zaria.
Upon completion of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Sulaiman Bakari was shortlisted into the services of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as an operative. He was afterwards trained as an Economic and Financial Crimes investigator in February 2008 and was fully commissioned in same year as an Assistant Detective Superintendent (ADS).
He rose through the ranks at the EFCC to become a Senior Detective of the Commission, attending various trainings and professional courses both locally and internationally, including at the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI, USA, as Fundamental Criminal Investigative Analyst, April 2015, and at West Africa Regional Training Centre, Accra Ghana.
In 2015 he was posted to the National Assembly as its National Liason Officer.
He also served as the Special Adviser on Anti Corruption to the President of the Senate, 2018-2019.
Sulaiman Bakari is married to Fatima from family of Ambassador Sani Bala.(Wamban Katsina). They are blessed with four children: Fatima, Amina, Sulaiman and Aisha.
