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DOSSIER · SENATORUPDATED JUN 2026

Sunday Marshall Katung

Senator, Kaduna South (Senatorial) · PDP

Assessment Profile06

Senator Sunday Marshall Katung was elected on 25 February 2023 to represent Kaduna South Senatorial District on the PDP platform, polling 138,246 votes. He is a lawyer and former member of the House of Representatives (2015-2019, Jaba/Zangon Kataf). His three years in the 10th Senate show a substantive legislative record anchored on healthcare, agriculture and education. He sponsored SB.355, the Federal Medical Centre Act (Amendment) Bill, 2024, which the Senate passed in May 2025 and which awaits House concurrence; he also sponsored SB.893, the Sickle Cell Disorder Research and Therapy Centres (Establishment) Bill, 2025, which passed second reading in October 2025. In June 2026 he moved a motion on the urgent need to revive the Kaduna-Kano textile industry corridor, adopted by the Senate. On constituency delivery, the Federal University of Applied Sciences Kachia began academic activities in 2025 on the site of the EFCC-forfeited Nok University, with Katung credited as the legislator who pushed the enabling framework; he secured a five-year N8 billion medical-equipment partnership with US-based Project CURE for ten general hospitals in Kaduna South, and unveiled Project 365, a hepatitis-elimination programme targeting 620,000 residents across the district's eight LGAs. His advocacy on southern Kaduna security is documented but has not translated into concrete federal legislative measures beyond public statements and announced collaboration with the Chief of Defence Staff on a Forward Operation Base in Kauru LGA. On integrity, Katung defected from PDP to APC on 31 October 2025 after publicly denying defection rumours as recently as October 2025; he cited PDP's leadership crisis as justification. His wife, Abigail Marshall Katung, was the subject of a UK High Court civil recovery order in June 2025, with the National Crime Agency seizing a approximately GBP 1 million Alwoodley property; the court identified Senator Katung as the alleged Nigerian source of GBP 360,000 transferred via informal channels, though the judgment explicitly did not find Mrs Katung cognisant of any criminality. Senator Katung denied wrongdoing. No criminal charges or convictions have been recorded against him personally.

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Sources29
  1. 12023 Elections: PDP Clears All Three Kaduna Senatorial SeatsChannels Television · 2023-02-28
  2. 22023: Katung can represent Kaduna South Senatorial district adequately — PDP CouncillorsVanguard · 2022-07-01
  3. 3Leadership of the Standing Committees of the 10th Senate (2023-2027)Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre (PLAC) · 2023-08-01
  4. 4Nigerian Senate passes bill to establish FMC in KafanchanDaily Post Nigeria · 2025-05-23
  5. 5Senate Passes Bill To Establish Federal Medical Centre In KadunaNaija News · 2025-05-23
  6. 6Senate Moves to Establish N4.7bn Sickle Cell Research, Therapy Centres Across NigeriaThisDay Live · 2025-10-22
  7. 7Senate moves to establish sickle cell research, therapy centresTheCable · 2025-10-22
  8. 8Senate Calls For Total Ban On Importation Of Textile MaterialsChannels Television · 2026-06-09
  9. 9Senate canvasses total ban on textile imports, pushes for revival of sectorPremium Times · 2026-06-09
  10. 10Fungal disease: Senate advocates compensation for ginger farmersDaily Post Nigeria · 2024-04-24
  11. 11Kaduna Ginger Blight: Nigeria Has the Purest Form of Ginger, Used in Pharmaceuticals and Cosmetics, Says Senator KatungArise News · 2024-04-01
  12. 12Federal University of Applied Sciences, Kachia to begin academic activitiesRadio Nigeria (FRCN) · 2025-03-07
  13. 13President Tinubu Directs Immediate Start Of Southern Kaduna UniversityVoice of Nigeria · 2024-12-01
  14. 14Senator Katung secures N8bn medical equipment for Kaduna hospitalsVanguard · 2026-02-01
  15. 15Katung Launches Health Initiative To Combat Hepatitis in Southern KadunaThisDay Live · 2026-04-11
  16. 16Senator Katung Targets 620,000 Constituents For Hepatitis Treatment, VaccinationLeadership · 2026-04-11
  17. 17Sen Katung empowers 150 ginger farmers with slicing machines, cash in KadunaTribune Online
  18. 18Kaduna Senator laments women, children's abduction, to facilitate Forward Operation BasePunch Newspapers · 2025-02-17
  19. 19Kaduna Govt Reaffirms Commitment To Southern Kaduna As Katung Declares Re-election BidLeadership · 2026-01-01
  20. 20Sen Katung dismisses defection rumours, reaffirms loyalty to PDPVanguard · 2025-10-01
  21. 21Kaduna senator Sunday Katung defects from PDP to APCPunch Newspapers · 2025-11-01
  22. 22Senator Sunday Katung Reveals Why He Left PDP For APCNaija News · 2025-11-01
  23. 23EXCLUSIVE: Wife of Nigerian senator in money laundering mess in UKPremium Times · 2025-06-10
  24. 24Nigerian Senator's Wife In Money Laundering Mess As UK Court Orders Forfeiture Of HouseNaija News · 2025-06-10
  25. 25Despite UK court judgement, Nigerian senator claims wife innocent of money laundering messPremium Times · 2025-06-12
  26. 26Wife of Nigerian senator says she's appealed house seizure in UKPremium Times · 2025-06-01
  27. 27NCA recovers property from former Lord Mayor of LeedsNational Crime Agency (UK) · 2026-03-05
  28. 28Senator Katung condemns renewed attacks in Southern KadunaGuardian Nigeria · 2025-09-09
  29. 29Senator Katung condemns renewed attacks in Southern KadunaDaily Post Nigeria · 2025-09-09