CHIEF CHEKWAS OKORIE, UPP: Okorie is the National
Chairman of the UPP. Following the sad end of the All
Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) saga, Chief
Okorie and his committed associates proceeded to
float the United Peoples Grand Alliance (UPGA). But
it was not registered. He and his associates refused
to consider the option of challenging the action of the
INEC not to register UPGA in court but opted to re-
apply to the commission with the name of United
Progressive Party with the tiger head as its symbol.
So, the UPP was registered on October 2, 2012. He
believes that the UPP has massive support of the
Igbo.
MR. ALLAGOA KELVIN CHINEDU, PPN: The PPN
presidential candidate, who has been a businessman,
hailed from Aba, Abia state.
Chinedu, who was born in the year 1968, presently
lives in Mingi XI Palace, Tombi in Nember city of
Bayelsa.
He attended Port Harcourt Primary school from 1971
to 1977 and then proceeded to Secondary School,
where he obtained his Senior Secondary Certificate
Examination (SSCE) in 1991. He went to University of
Port Harcourt between 1996 and 2001.
AMBROSE ALBERT NDUWE OWURU (HDP): Owuru, a
53-year-old legal practitioner, was born in Orije in
the Port Harcourt city of Rivers state. He attended
State School, Orogbum primary school in Port
Harcourt. Owuru then proceeded to Country
Grammar School, Ikwerre/Ekhe. He attended
University of Buckingham in England and also
enrolled in University of London in 1984.
The HDP presidential hopeful, in his affidavit to INEC,
said he also attended the Nigerian Law School upon
his return from England.
He worked with Soton Denton from 1986 to 1987,
and then joined A. A. Owunu and Co. from 1987 to
date.
DR IBRAHIM AHMAD MANI, ADC: The ADC
presidential candidate was born in 1968 in Bida,
Niger State. He has been an academic as well as an
administrator. He attended RCM Primary School,
Kuru in Jos from 1974 to 1980, before proceeding to
Government Secondary School, Kuru from 1980 to
1985.
He enrolled into Niger State College of Education,
Minna in 1985 to 1988, where he got his National
Certificate of Education (NCE). He obtained his first
degree at the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) in
1994. In 2006, he obtained his Masters degree on
Technology from the Federal University of
Technology, Minna. He finished his third degree from
the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna in 2014.
He worked with the Niger State government for a
decade (1990 to 2000) before he retired. Dr Mani
then joined the Nigerian Turkish University from
2008 to 2011. He left the university after his
voluntary resignation. In 2011, the presidential
candidate joined Baze University, Abuja up to 2014,
when he was given a leave of absence.
He has been a member of various clubs, associations
and organisations that include the Red Cross Society
of Nigeria, Nigerian Institute of Management as well
as the Nigerian Conservative Society.
MR RAFI’U SALAU, AD: Mr Salau, who was born in
1956 in Offa, now lives in Abuja. The 58-year-old has
been a business executive in his lifetime. He went to
Baptist Day School, Kigo road of Kaduna state from
1965 to 1970.
MR GODSON MGBODILE OHAENYEM OKOYE, UDP:
Mr Okoye, who was born in 1963 in the city of Port
Harcourt in Rivers state, is a legal practitioner, who
now lives in Aguata Local Government of Anambra
state.
He attended St. Peters Primary School in Eziagu
village, Agulueze Chukwu, Aguata local government
of Anambra. He also attended Rumola/Rumadolu
primary school, Port Harcourt in Rivers state.
The University of Lagos offered him admission to
read LLB (Hons) from 1984 to 1987. Upon
completion, the presidential candidate went to the
Nigerian Law School, Victoria Island, Lagos from 1987
to 1988.
He worked with law firm and later established his
own. But he left in 2002 due to a political
appointment. Okoye worked in the senate president’s
office from 2002 to 2004. But he returned to Nnoli &
Okoye chamber.
ALHAJI GANIYU GALADIMA OSENI, ACPN: Oseni
was born in 1964 in Ijebu Ode of Ogun State. He has
been a businessman and a politician.
Oseni attended Muslim Primary School, Imepe in
Ijebu Ode from 1973 to 1978, afterwhich he moved
to United Primary School, Ilorin in Kwara state. He
then proceeded to Cherubim & Seraphim College for
his secondary school, Ilorin in 1980.
He attended Kwara State College of Technology,
Ilorin in 1987 and then moved to Kwara State
Polytechnic, Ilorin in 1995, and in 2003 obtained his
PGD from the same school.
In his affidavit, Oseni, who is also the National
Chairman of his party, indicated that he has been a
self-employed man until he became the National
Secretary of ACPN between 2010 and 2014.
CHIEF MARTIN ONOVO, NCP: Chief Onovo, a
politician cum oil expert, was born in 1969 in Owerri,
the capital of Imo state.
He attended Ekulu Primary School in Enugu, before
he moved to National Grammar School, Nike also in
Enugu state. After getting admission at University of
Ibadan, he obtained B Sc (Hons) in Petroleum
Engineering in the year 1991.
He also studied his M Sc in Petroleum Engineering at
Houston, the United States of America (USA) in the
year 1994.
He worked with Shell Petroleum Development from
1992 to 1993 before he left to pursue higher
education in the USA. He has been a member of the
Institute of Transport Administration, Nigerian
Society of Engineers as well as Emupo Development
Union.