Zakari Mohammed

Zakari Mohammed (born 7 July 1970) is a Nigerian politician, journalist, criminologist and security expert from Kwara State. He was elected to the 7th assembly of the House of Representatives of Nigeria in 2011, serving Baruten/Kaiama Federal Constituency. He was reelected in 2015 to the 8th National Assembly. Zakari holds an M.Sc. in Criminology, and a B.Sc. in Sociology and Anthropology from the University of Ilorin.

In 2014, Zakari was among lawmakers in a face-off with the Nigerian Police, an incident he described as an assault on democracy. He was the Chairman House of Representatives Committee on Media and Public Affairs (2011-2015) in the 7th National Assembly. Zakari was also the Chairman, House Committee on Basic Education Services and Chairman House of Representatives Ad-Hoc Committee on Investigation of Oil Swap Agreement. Provided by Wikipedia