Chinyere Emmanuel Igwe (born 18 September 1965) is a politician of the
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from
Rivers State, Nigeria
Rivers State, also known as Rivers, is a state in the Niger Delta region of southern Nigeria (Old Eastern Region). Formed in 1967, when it was split from the former Eastern Region, Rivers State borders include: Imo to the north, Abia and Akwa Ib ...
. He is the current
Commissioner of Urban Development, having been sworn in on 18 December 2015. He is also a former member of the
House of Representatives of Nigeria
The House of Representatives is the lower chamber of Nigeria's bicameral National Assembly. The Senate is the upper chamber.
The House of Representatives has 360 members who are elected in single-member constituencies using the plurality (or ...
from Port Harcourt II, serving from 2007 to 2011.
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
https://guardian.ng/news/police-arrest-house-of-reps-member-with-498100-distribution-list-in-rivers
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-6475661
https://guardian.ng/news/police-arrest-house-of-reps-member-with-498100-distribution-list-in-rivers
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-64756612]
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.
References
1965 births
Living people
People from Port Harcourt (local government area)
Members of the House of Representatives (Nigeria) from Rivers State
Commissioners of ministries of Rivers State
Peoples Democratic Party members of the House of Representatives (Nigeria)
First Wike Executive Council
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