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Ezenwo Nyesom Wike

Politician

Ezenwo Nyesom Wike is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Ezenwo Nyesom Wike · エゼンウォ・ニイソム・ウィケ · 埃森沃·尼索姆·維克				[sources]
Alias	Ezebunwo Nyesom Wike · Ezenwo Nyesom · Nyesom Ezebunwo Wike · Nyesom Wike				[sources]
Birth date	1967-08-24				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Nigeria				[sources]
Citizenship	Nigeria				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status) · State government (past)				[sources]
Last name	Wike				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q18354468				[sources]
Position	Governor of Rivers State (2015-2023) · Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (2023-)				[sources]
Education	Rivers State University of Science and Technology				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-20	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Nigerian lawyer and politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Governor of Rivers State	2015-05-29	2023-05-29

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Eberechi Wike Politician	spouse	-	-

Data sources

Nigeria Joining the Dots PEPs and PEP Relatives4,391

Data on Politically Exposed Persons in Nigeria and their relatives from the Joining the Dots project.

Nigeria · Directorio Legislativo/EITI · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories381,065

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,845

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,602

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata353,755

Wikidata is the structured data project of the Wikipedia community, providing fact-based information edited by humans and machines

External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: ng-dots-ezenwo-nyesom-wike-1967-08-24-district-rivers

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