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Chukwuemeka Chikelu

PEP · Politician

Chukwuemeka Chikelu 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	Chukwuemeka Chikelu · چوکوو ایمیکا چیکیلوا				[sources]
Birth date	not available				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Nigeria				[sources]
Citizenship	Nigeria				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Chukwuemeka				[sources]
Last name	Chikelu				[sources]
Political association	Peoples Democratic Party				[sources]
Title	Chief				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q5116055				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Minister of Information and National Orientation (2003-2005) · member of the House of Representatives of Nigeria (1999-)				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-21	Last processed	2026-05-19	First seen	2023-09-28

Descriptions

Nigerian politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-09-28

Relationships

Data sources

Nigerian Politically Exposed Persons data by Chipper40,783

National and sub-national Nigerian Politically Exposed Persons collected by Chipper

Nigeria · Chipper · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories357,922

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons291,120

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 OpenSanctions552,245

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata344,270

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: ng-chip-pep-ng-0006426

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