title: Dumo Lulu-Briggs
text: # Dumo Lulu-Briggs
  
  Dumo Lulu-Briggs (born 13 June 1964), is a Nigerian politician, lawyer, businessman, entrepreneur and a philanthropist. He is a member of Accord party and also the Governorship candidate of the party in Rivers Sate 2023 governorship elections.
  
  ## Early life and education
  
  Dumo Lulu-Briggs Was born on 13 June 1964, in Lagos and he hails from Abonnema, a town in Akuku-Toru Local Government Area in Rivers State, Nigeria. His father was Olu Benson Lulu-Briggs, Dumo Attended Ahmadu Bello University where got a degree in law.
  
  ## Political career
  
  Dumo Lulu-Briggs began his political career as the Social Democratic Party Candidate, House of Representatives Akuku-Toru Federal Constituency in 1992, in 1996 – 1998 he held the position as the grassroots Democratic Party National Assistant Legal adviser. In 2018, Dumo Lulu Briggs became the Rivers State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant before he defected to Accord. He was the 2023 governorship candidate for Accord party in Rivers State.
  
  ## Business career
  
  Dumo Lulu-Briggs is a politician and a business man, presently the Chairman of Platform Petroleum Limited.
  
  