Fidelis Okoro Explained

Fidelis C. Okoro
Office1:Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria from Enugu North Senatorial District
Term Start1:29 May 1999
Term End1:29 May 2007
Successor1:Ayogu Eze
Birth Place:Iheagu,Nru Nsukka,Enugu State, Nigeria
Party:People's Democratic Party (PDP)
Otherparty:Alliance for Democracy
Nationality:Nigerian

Fidelis C. Okoro is a Nigerian politician who was Senator for the Enugu North Senatorial District of Enugu State at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic, running on the Alliance for Democracy (AD) platform. He took office on 29 May 1999.[1]

After taking his seat in the Senate in June 1999, Okoro was appointed to committees on Senate Services, Industries (chairman), Police Affairs, Agriculture and Niger Delta.[2] He changed allegiance to the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and became an ally of Governor Chimaroke Nnamani.[3] In December 2001, he was named in an assault suit by Chief Mike Ejinima, an aspirant to become governor, along with Nnamani, Ike Ekweremadu and David Atigwe, a member of the Enugu State House of Assembly.[4] He was reelected in April 2003 on the PDP ticket.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Federal Republic Of Nigeria Legislative Election Of 20 February And 7 March 1999 . Psephos . 2010-06-23.
  2. Web site: Congressional Committees . Nigeria Congress . 2010-06-23 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091118151316/http://www.nigeriacongress.org/assembly/committees1.htm . 2009-11-18.
  3. Web site: National Assembly Leadership: Who Will the Caps Fit? . Joseph Ushigiale . ThisDay . 2003-05-21 . 2010-06-23 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20041228122255/http://www.thisdayonline.com/archive/2003/05/21/20030521pol02.html . 2004-12-28.
  4. Web site: Aspirant Sues Nnamani, Others . ThisDay . 2001-12-30 . 2010-06-23 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20051203112321/http://www.thisdayonline.com/archive/2001/12/30/20011230sta01.html . 2005-12-03.
  5. Web site: Senators . Dawodu . 2010-06-23.