Ireti Heebah Kingibe Biography, Family, Education, Career and Net Worth

Ireti Heebah Kingibe is a Nigerian civil engineer and politician. She was elected member of the senate representing the FCT in the 2023 Nigerian elections under the Labour party. 

FAMILY

Ireti Heebah Kingibe was born on June 2, 1954, she is the younger sister of Ajoke Mohammed the wife of former Nigerian head of state Murtala Mohammed.

She comes from a colorful and eclectic background; her father, Abdulkadri Lanval being of Fulani and Yoruba ancestry, while her mother has links in Asaba and Bonny.

Ireti Heebah Kingibe is a Nigerian civil engineer and politician. She was elected member of the senate representing the FCT in the 2023 Nigerian elections under the Labour party.

 

FAMILY

Ireti Heebah Kingibe was born on June 2, 1954, she is the younger sister of Ajoke Mohammed the wife of former Nigerian head of state Murtala Mohammed.

She comes from a colorful and eclectic background; her father, Abdulkadri Lanval being of Fulani and Yoruba ancestry, while her mother has links in Asaba and Bonny.

Ireti Heebah Kingibe is Kanuri by Marriage,

She married Baba Gana Kingibe, the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation before they divorced.

 

EDUCATION

Ireti started her education at Emotan Preparatory School, where she had her elementary education before heading to Queen’s College in Lagos and Washington Irving High School for her secondary education.

She then headed to the University of Minnesota, where she bagged a degree in Civil Engineering.

CAREER

After graduating from the University of Minnesota, Ireti worked as a Quality Control engineer with Bradley Precast Concrete Inc. from 1978 to 1979.

She left to join the Minnesota Department of Transportation Design in