Ike Ekweremadu Turns 59 Today

Ike Ekweremadu (born 12 May 1962) is a Nigerian politician and lawyer from Enugu State who has served in the Senate of Nigeria since May 2003. He is a member of the People's Democratic Party and was the Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate for three consecutive (6th, 7th and 8th) senate.

Ike Ekweremadu was born in 1962 at Amachara Mpu in Aninri Local Government Area of Enugu State, and is of Igbo origin. He holds both Bachelors and master's degree in Law from the University of Nigeria, and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1987. He also holds Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Law from the University of Abuja, Nigeria.

Political appointments
In 2002, Chief Ekweremadu was appointed Secretary to the Enugu State Government, before then he was Chairman of Aninri in 1997 and won the Best Local Government Chairman Award in Enugu State at the time. He was appointed the Chief of Staff to the Enugu State Government House.

On April 12, 2003 he was elected to the Nigerian Senate.

Ekweremadu was returned in the 29 April 2007 Nigerian National Assembly election, and elected to the position of deputy senate president. He was given the job of handing out committee chairmanship positions allocated to the southeast zone, making decisions that were unpopular with leaders such as Senator Chris Anyanwu, who failed to get the positions they wanted. In July 2007, Ekweremadu was instrumental in defusing objections to the controversial nomination of Ojo Maduekwe to a ministerial position.

Senatorial Election 2011
Ekweremadu was reelected as Senator for Enugu West in the April 2011 elections, receiving 112,806 votes. The closest runner-up was the candidate of the Peoples for Democratic Change (PDC), Jackson Ezeoffor, who got 7,522 votes.

Senatorial Election 2019
On February 23, 2019, Ekweremadu was re-elected as senator representing the Enugu West senatorial district For the Fifth Consecutive time having polled 86,088 votes to defeat his closest rival, Mrs Juliet Ibekaku-Nwagwu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who polled 15,187 votes. On June 11, 2019, Ekweremadu lost his bid to become Deputy Senate President of the Nigerian 9th Senate. Ekweremadu contested against Ovie Omo-Agege who scored 68 votes to emerge Winner. In the early hours of Tuesday, he returned his officials cars. Ekweremadu has indicated he will retire from the Nigerian Senate by not running for office in 2023.[20]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ike_Ekweremadu

18 years in the red chamber and still counting. Just like Buhari and his co-travelers, Ike is also part of Nigeria's problem.

hbd the great

Another criminal

May born...

Oil too dey Dey our head

kepp being the best version of yourself sir

Happy birthday sir

Nah eh! No qualms
This is so sophisticated

Hbd odogwu
The only man who ended up chopping beat while trying to chop yam

professional looter.

Fxxxxk

Dem never

Dem no dash am slap this time ...

Hand been touch this guy menh

PIGS dragged this man/removed his cap that year.Api birthday to one of our distinguished THIEF

Happy Birthday.

I wish I was thr in London. Trust me. I would have stabbed him and fled.bastard thief . Nigeria is cursed forever

This guys will start to target politicians na that there's no police escorts again

Simple man.

Criminal turns 59. What happened to the money given to you to construct Enugu Onitsha express way.

We will annihilate you guys soon. We are coming

this one wey boys slap for germany

Happy Born Day Sir! Celebration Continue With Yam And Stew Very Plenty.

HBD to the most advanced leader in south east politics. So much respect for this man.

VERY SOON WE'LL START HARVESTING YAMS, I WONDER IF HE'LL AGREE TO COME OVER FOR THE FESTIVAL