Chinyere Igwe

Chinyere Igwe
Rivers State Urban Development Commissioner
Incumbent
Assumed office
18 December 2015
GovernorEzenwo Nyesom Wike
Preceded byGinah Osima
Member of the
House of Representatives of Nigeria
In office
2007–2011
Preceded byAustin Opara
Succeeded byBlessing Nsiegbe
ConstituencyPort Harcourt II
Personal details
Born (1965-09-18) 18 September 1965 (age 59)
Rivers State, Nigeria
Political partyPDP
Professionpolitician

Chinyere Emmanuel Igwe (born 18 September 1965) is a politician of the People's Democratic Party from Rivers State, Nigeria. He is the current Commissioner of Urban Development, having been sworn in on 18 December 2015.[1] He is also a former member of the House of Representatives of Nigeria from Port Harcourt II, serving from 2007 to 2011.[2][3]

Arrest

A day before the 2023 Nigerian Presidential election, Chinyere Igwe, who is a member of the House of Representative, was arrested. Igwe was stopped by police on allegations of money laundering. Igwe was arrested in his car close to INEC Headquarters Aba Road on Friday 24 February 2023 at about 2:45am. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]


Igwe was found with almost 500,000 USD, the equivalent of over 200,000,000 Nigerian Naira. Igwe also found with a list of people, with police accusing the minister of attempting to buy votes.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Wike To Swear-In Commissioners, Today …Special Advisers, Tomorrow". The Tide. 18 December 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  2. ^ "Hon. Chinyere Emmanuel Igwe". nassnig.org. Archived from the original on November 29, 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  3. ^ "Chinyere Igwe Archives | Premium Times Nigeria". Retrieved 2022-02-22.
  4. ^ "Chinyere Igwe: Nigerian politician arrested with $500,000 on election eve". BBC News. 2023-02-24. Retrieved 2023-02-26.


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