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Legislative Assembly, but was prevented by a court order from exercising the functions of that office because Ibrahim Ibay also claimed that position, and the two had effectively been acting as speaker at the same time. In August 2003 he was again elected speaker of the Regional Legislative Assembly, making him its third speaker in 14 months. Abubakar also served as the first president of the Tawi-Tawo Chamber of Commerce Inc. In 2023, a posthumous award was given to Abubakar for his contributions to the chamber. The award was accepted by his family. In 2009, he was included in
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Philippines. His great-grandfather was Senator Hadji Butu, the first Muslim senator in the Philippine Senate, and his uncle, Yusuf R. Abubakar, was the Ambassador of the Philippines to Malaysia and was a member of the
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