Chinyere Emmanuel Igwe (born 18 September 1965) is a politician of the
People's Democratic Party from
Rivers State, Nigeria
Rivers is a state in the Niger Delta region of southern Nigeria (Old Eastern Region). Formed on 27 May 1967, when it was split from the former Eastern Region, Rivers State borders include Imo and Anambra to the north, Abia and Akwa Ibom to the ...
. 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 (also called Green Chamber) is the lower chamber of Nigeria's bicameral National Assembly of Nigeria, National Assembly. The Senate of Nigeria, Senate is the upper chamber.
The Green Chamber has 360 members who ar ...
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
Members of the 6th National Assembly (Nigeria)
Members of the 9th National Assembly (Nigeria)
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