Jennifer Atiku Abubakar Biography: Age, State of Origin, Husband, Family, Profile & Net Worth

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Jennifer Atiku Abubakar Biography

A well-known Nigerian TV reporter named Jennifer Atiku Abubakar worked for the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA).

Atiku Abubakar, a well-known Nigerian politician, former vice president of the nation, and prior presidential candidate, was previously married to Jennifer Atiku Abubakar.

Jennifer Atiku Abubakar is a legal practitioner and a philanthropist.

Early Life and Education

Jennifer Iwenjora is the birth name of Jennifer Atiku Abubakar. Jennifer Atiku Abubakar is a native of Onitsha, Anambra State, in eastern Nigeria.

Jennifer Atiku Abubakar earned her first degree in political science and communications while studying at the American University in Washington, DC.

She then went on to finish her Master’s in International Politics with a focus on International Law and Communications.

Later, she obtained a doctorate in International Relations.

Jennifer Iwenjora Career

In the 1980s, Jennifer Atiku began her career as a news reporter for the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA).

She relocated to the US in the latter part of the 1980s, where she acquired US citizenship.

Jennifer Atiku Abubakar experienced various problems in the US following her divorce from former vice president Atiku Abubakar.

She was accused of helping her husband, Atiku Abubakar, smuggle over $40 million in questionable funds into the US between 2000 and 2008 using wire transfers from foreign companies to US banks, according to the US government’s indictment of her. She refuted the allegations, though.

Additionally, it was asserted that she supported her husband in creating the

The administrative building at the American University of Nigeria that Jennifer Atiku Abubakar is said to have founded with the money bears her name.

At the American University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates, she served as an assistant professor of political science in 2008.

She is currently a Legal Practitioner and is the Managing Partner in an Abuja-based private Law firm, Miyetti Law.

She is also the Miyetti Law Quarterly Law Review’s Editor+in-Chief.

Jennifer Atiku Abubakar is a philanthropist who established the Abuja-based NGO GEDE Foundation to aid the underprivileged in society.

Personal Life

Unfortunately, Jennifer Atiku Abubakar’s marriage to her first husband, Douglas, ended in divorce. Anthony Chuka Douglas, Jennifer Atiku Abubakar’s first son, was the result of the union.

She married Atiku Abubakar in the 1990s, converted to Islam, and changed her name to Jamilah as a result.

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Three children were born into her union with Atiku Abubakar.

Jennifer Atiku Abubakar Net Worth

Jennifer Atiku Abubakar is a legal practitioner and a philanthropist. He has an estimated net worth of $1.5 millions.