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Osita Chidoka

Politician

Osita Chidoka 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	Osita Chidoka				[sources]
Alias	Chidoka, Osita · Osita Benjamin Chidoka				[sources]
Birth date	1971-07-18				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Nigeria				[sources]
Citizenship	Nigeria				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Benjamin · Osita				[sources]
Last name	Chidoka				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q54913558				[sources]
Position	Minister of Aviation of Nigeria (2014-2015) · member of the House of Representatives of Nigeria (2003-)				[sources]
Education	Baze University				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-20	First seen	2023-07-18

Descriptions

Nigerian politician

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

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Obinna Chidoka Politician	sibling	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister Aviation	2014	2015
Minister of Aviation of Nigeria

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 Categories381,040

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,144

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 OpenSanctions552,757

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata353,743

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-osita-chidoka-1971-07-18-district

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