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==Background==
==Background==
A native of [[Nigeria]], Dara migrated to the United States in 1980, the same year in which he was called to the ministry. He became a U.S. citizen in 1998. He holds an Associate of Arts degree from the Kwara State College of Technology and Basic Studies in Nigeria. He earned a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree from the California Baptist University at [[Riverside]], [[California]]. He received [[Juris Doctor]]ate from the historically black Southern University College of Law in [[Baton Rouge]], Louisiana. He obtained the Masters of Law degree from the [[University of Arkansas]] School of Law in Fayetteville in northwestern Arkansas.<ref name=jdara/> He is licensed to practice law in Louisiana, [[Arkansas]], and [[Oklahoma]] and before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in [[New Orleans]] and the Eighth Circuit in [[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]].<ref name=jdara/>
A native of [[Nigeria]], Dara migrated to the United States in 1980, the same year in which he was called to the ministry. He became a U.S. citizen in 1998. He holds an Associate of Arts degree from the Kwara State College of Technology and Basic Studies in Nigeria. He earned a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree from the California Baptist University at [[Riverside]], [[California]]. He received his [[Juris Doctor]]ate from the historically black Southern University College of Law in [[Baton Rouge]], Louisiana. He obtained the Masters of Law degree from the [[University of Arkansas]] School of Law in Fayetteville in northwestern [[Arkansas]].<ref name=jdara/> He is licensed to practice law in Louisiana, Arkansas, and [[Oklahoma]] and before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in [[New Orleans]] and the Eighth Circuit in [[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]].<ref name=jdara/>
In 1985, Dara wed Elizabeth Joy Dara, who graduated from a teacher's college in Nigeria and holds a Bachelor of Science in physical therapy from Louisiana College in Pineville. The couple has five children.<ref name=jdara/>
In 1985, Dara wed Elizabeth Joy Dara, who graduated from a teacher's college in Nigeria and holds a Bachelor of Science in physical therapy from Louisiana College in Pineville. The couple has five children.<ref name=jdara/>