Emeka Chinedu
Emeka Martins Chinedu is a Nigerian politician. He is currently a member representing Ahiazu Mbaise/Ezinihitte Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives.[1][2] Early lifeEmeka Martins Chinedu was born on 2 February 1965.[2] Political careerAt the 2023 House of Representatives elections, he contested again under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to win a second term as a member representing Ahiazu Mbaise/Ezinihitte Federal Constituency.[3][4] As at 5 December 2024, he has sponsored four bills which have passed their first reading in the National Assembly.[5] He is currently serving as the Deputy Chairman, House Committee on the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).[6] Legal challenge and victoryOn 7 September 2023, an Appeal Court sitting in Lagos affirmed Emeka Chinedu's victory at the polls, thereby dismissing the appeals of Darlington Amaechi of Labour Party (LP) and Nnanna Igbokwe of the All Progressive Congress (APC), on the grounds that it lacked merit and jurisdiction.[7][8] Earlier in 2019, The Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Owerri dismissed the petition filed by Nnanna Igbokwe of the All Progressives Congress (APC) against Emeka Chinedu for Ezinihitte Mbaise/Ahiazu Mbaise federal constituency elections, on grounds that it lacked merit.[9] References
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