Chinwoke Mbadinuju

Chinwoke Mbadinuju
Chinwoke Mbadinuju
Governor of Anambra State
In office
29 May 1999 – 29 May 2003
Preceded by Emmanuel Ukaegbu
Succeeded by Chris Ngige
Personal details
Born 14 June 1945

Chinwoke Mbadinuju (born 14 June 1945) was Governor of Anambra State in Nigeria from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2003, elected on the People's Democratic Party (PDP) platform.[1] His period in office was noted for internal PDP disputes resulting in a failure of effective government.[2] After leaving office, he was embroiled in court cases over alleged involvement in a political murder.[3]

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Background

Chinwoke Mbadinuju was born on 14 June 1945. He obtained a BA in Political Science, and a doctorate in Government from Cornell University. He gained a Law degree from one of the best English Universities, He was an editor of Times International.[4]

Before entering politics he was an Associate Professor of Politics and African Studies at the State University of New York. He was Personal Assistant to Governor of the old Enugu State, Dr. Jim Chris Nwobodo, between 1979 and 1980. He served as the Personal Assistant to President Shehu Shagari between 1980 and 1983.[1]

He is married to Nnebuogo Mbadinuju, and they have five children: Ada Mbadinuju (a medical doctor), Chetachi Mbadinuju (an entrepreneur), Nwachukwu Mbadinuju (an operations manager), Uche Mbadinuju (a student) and Chima Mbadinuju (a student).[citation needed]

Governor of Anambra State

After the return to democracy in 1998, Chinwoke Mbadinuju became the People's Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for Anambra State governorship in competition with professor A.B.C Nwosu, who had served four military governors as Commissioner for Health, after a dispute that had to be resolved by the PDP Electoral Appeal Panel.[5] He was elected Governor of Anambra State in April 1999.[1]

Mbadinuju had been sponsored by Emeka Offor, an Anambra kingmaker. After a falling out between Mbadinuju and his "godfather", Offor, the power struggle between the two men crippled the machinery of government in the state.[6] By September 2002, unpaid teachers had been on strike for a year and civil servants and court workers had been on strike for months. The president of the Onitsha branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Barnabas Igwe, said state leaders had pocketed the money meant to pay the striking workers. On September 1, 2002, Igwe and his pregnant wife Amaka were brutally and publicly murdered.[7]

While in office, Chinwoke Mbaninuju passed a law that created the Anambra Vigilante Services, which legally enshrined the Bakassi Boys, a popular if feared vigilante group credited with reducing crime in the state.[8] Mbadinuju said that crime in the state had reached such an appalling level that something had to be done.[9] He defended his decision on the basis of the results it achieved in a November 2009 interview.[10]

He later fell out with another power broker in the state, Chris Uba.[11] Mbadinuju claimed that he was excluded from the governorship contest in 2003 despite winning the PDP primaries because Uba and President Olusegun Obasanjo opposed his candidature.[4] In his place, Dr. Chris Ngige ran for the PDP but was beaten by the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). Eventually, after the election was nullified and re-ran, Chris Ngige took the post.[12]

Later career

In December 2005, the police arraigned Chinwoke Mbadinuju on charges that he had conspired to murder Barnabas Igwe of the Nigerian Bar Association and his wife, Amaka, in September 2002. Mbadinuju was accused of masterminding the killing although he was in Houston, Texas at the time of the assassination.[3] Igwe had been a vocal critic of Mbadinuju, calling for his resignation due to the failure to pay government workers for several months.[13][14] In January 2006 Mbadinuju was retained in prison custody over the suit.[15]

In June 2008 the case was reopened when an Abuja High Court said Chinwoke Mbadinuju was again wanted over alleged forgery and conspiracy in the murder of Barnabas Igwe, and his wife. The police claimed the accused had forged a police document exonerating Mbadinuju of the Igwes' killing.[16]

References

  1. ^ a b c "There is nothing unusual about Soludo’s emergence – Mbadinuju". NIGERIAN COMPASS. 08 NOVEMBER 2009. http://www.compassnews.net/Ng/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32862:there-is-nothing-unusual-about-soludos-emergence-mbadinuju&catid=53:interviews&Itemid=701. Retrieved 2009-12-09. 
  2. ^ EMMANUEL OBE (6 Dec 2009). "Anambra 2010: PDP, rule of law and credible elections in Nigeria". Punch. http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art200912061114462. Retrieved 2009-12-10. 
  3. ^ a b "Mbadinuju charged with murder". BNW News. December 30, 2005. http://news.biafranigeriaworld.com/archive/2005/12/. Retrieved 2009-12-10. 
  4. ^ a b "I'm not obsessed with power, says Mbadinuju". Guardian. November 09, 2009. http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/policy_politics/article02//indexn3_html?pdate=091109&ptitle=I'm%20not%20obsessed%20with%20power,%20says%20Mbadinuju&cpdate=101109. Retrieved 2009-12-10. [dead link]
  5. ^ "The Dark Clouds Are Gathering Again - ABC Nwosu". The Vanguard. 7 September 2009. http://allafrica.com/stories/200909071175.html. Retrieved 2009-12-10. 
  6. ^ "Geography of Godfatherism in Nigeria (II)". Daily Triumph. January 5 2007. http://www.triumphnewspapers.com/archive/DT05012007/grop5107.html. Retrieved 2009-12-10. 
  7. ^ NORIMITSU ONISHI (2002-10-06). "Nigerian Militias Wield Power Through Intimidation". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/06/world/nigerian-militias-wield-power-through-intimidation.html. Retrieved 2009-12-10. 
  8. ^ Daniel Jordan Smith (2007). A culture of corruption: everyday deception and popular discontent in Nigeria. Princeton University Press. p. 181ff. ISBN 0691127220. 
  9. ^ Dan Isaacs (20 May, 2002). "Gang rule in Nigeria". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/1998624.stm. Retrieved 2009-12-10. 
  10. ^ WILLY EYA (November 15, 2009). "Anenih imposed Soludo - Mbadinuju. ‘Anambra needs ‘Bakassi Boys’". Daily Sun. http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/politics/2009/nov/15/politics-15-11-2009-002.htm. Retrieved 2009-12-10. 
  11. ^ ONIMISI ALAO & BEATRICE ONUCHUKWU (07 NOVEMBER 2009). "What does Chris Uba want?". Sunday Trust. http://www.sunday.dailytrust.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1848:what-does-chris-uba-want&catid=32:sunday-politics&Itemid=31. Retrieved 2009-12-10. 
  12. ^ Alphonsus Nweze (5 November 2009). "Anambra PDP - Unending Theatrics Over Governorship Ticket". Daily Champion. http://allafrica.com/stories/200911050145.html. Retrieved 2009-12-10. 
  13. ^ "TESTING DEMOCRACY: Political Violence in Nigeria". Human Rights Watch. April 2003. http://www.hrw.org/reports/2003/nigeria0403/nigeria0403.pdf. Retrieved 2009-12-10. 
  14. ^ Trevor Johnson and Chris Talbot (18 October 2002). "Nigerian regime loses legal dispute over oil". International Committee of the Fourth International. http://www.wsws.org/articles/2002/oct2002/nige-o18.shtml. Retrieved 2009-12-10. 
  15. ^ Charles Onyekamuo (January 6, 2006). "Mbadinuju Arraigned Again, Refused Bail". OnlineNigeria Daily News. http://nm.onlinenigeria.com/templates/?a=6604&z=12. Retrieved 2009-12-09. 
  16. ^ Lanre Adewole (June 17, 2008). "Court declares ex-gov wanted - Over murder". Nigerian Tribune. http://odili.net/news/source/2008/jun/17/612.html. Retrieved 2009-12-09. [dead link]



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