Emmanuel Nnamdi Uba

Emmanuel Nnamdi Uba (born 1958) is a Nigerian politician who served as Senator for the Anambra South Senatorial District of Anambra State from 2011 to 2019. Uba also won the 2007 Anambra State gubernatorial election on the platform of the People's Democratic Party but was declared unduly elected by the Supreme Court of Nigeria a month later. His parents originated from Uga in the Aguata LGA of Anambra State.

Following the 1999 elections, he returned to Nigeria and was appointed Special Assistant on Special Duties and Domestic Affairs to President Olusegun Obasanjo. In November 2009 it was reported that Uba was planning to run for the delayed Anambra State gubernatorial elections in February 2010 on the Labour Party platform, after the Labour party had invited him to make the move. The party's leadership said they "believed that he will deliver on the ideals and objectives of the party". Speaking about his decision to switch parties, on 31 December 2009 Uba said "Labour is my natural political home".

In the February 2010 Anambra State gubernatorial elections, Uba came in third.

2011 Senate election Uba returned to the PDP and was nominated as PDP candidate for Anambra South Senatorial district in the April 2011 elections. He won with 63,316 votes, ahead of Chukwmaeze Nzeribe of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) with 43,798 and the incumbent senator Ikechukwu Obiorah of the Accord party with 24,724. Uba's election was challenged by Senator Obiora, the Accord candidate, who claimed that Uba had forged his West African School Certificate (WASC) and had not obtained any of the university degrees that he claimed. Reporters claim that both Concordia and California State University said that although Uba enrolled, he did not graduate from neither of the universities.

Personal life Emmanuel Nnamdi Uba is part of a political family, which includes other notable figures in Nigerian public life. He is known for maintaining a relatively private personal life while remaining active in political and community affairs.