Christian Onoh

Christian Chukuwuma Onoh , popularly known as CC Onoh, (27 April 1927 – 5 May 2009) was a Nigerian businessman and lawyer who became governor of Anambra State in 1983 at the end of the Second Nigerian Republic. He was also the father-in-law of Emeka Ojukwu.

Background Onoh was born on 27 April 1927 in Enugu Ngwo, in coal country in what is now Enugu State. His father died when he was 8 years old and he was brought up by his cousin Donald Oji.

Starting in the late 1940s, he worked as a contractor, then produce inspector and then livestock trader. Using the money from these ventures, he funded his education in the United Kingdom, earning a law degree from the University of Wales at Aberystwyth in 1957.

The election was disputed, but eventually decided in his favor in the supreme court. Three months after the election, on 31 December 1983, the military assumed control under Major General Muhammadu Buhari and Onoh, together with all the other civilian governors, was dismissed. Another daughter, Lilian Onoh is currently Nigeria's ambassador to Namibia. His son Josef Onoh also went into politics and became Chairman of Enugu State House of Assembly Committee on Finance and Appropriation. Josef Onoh is also the owner of the popular exclusive hotel, The Arriba (Voodoo Lounge) Enugu and a Special Adviser to the Enugu State governor. He is currently the Chairman of Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority and is seeking the Enugu State governorship candidacy under The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Christian Onoh died on 5 May 2009 at the age of 82. } Christian C Onoh Jnr (111) Chineme Odumegwu-Ojukwu and Carmen Jija Ann Gyoh.