Biography
10 things you may not know about Nicholas Ukachukwu, APC’s governorship candidate in Anambra 2025
Ahead of the Anambra governorship election scheduled for Saturday, November 8, 2025, by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Nicholas Ukachukwu has emerged as the flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
In case you are hearing the name Nicholas Ukachukwu for the first time, or you have heard about him before, NewswireNGR has compiled ten(10) things you might not know about the Anambra politician and billionaire.
- Date of Birth: Nicholas Ukachukwu was born on March 20, 1969. He is 56 years old as of 2025.
- Hometown: He was born in Osumenyi, Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra State.
- Qualifications: Ukachukwu studied Political Science and obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in 1984. He also has a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the University of Manchester, England, in 1988.
- Marriage: He lost his first wife, Mrs Nnenna Ukachukwu, in an auto accident along Ore-Benin expressway on Thursday, November 19, 2020. Ukachukwu however remarried about 3 years later to Mitchel Ihezue, Miss Universe Nigeria 2023 and the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria (MBGN)/Miss World Nigeria 2017 in 2023.
- Children: Nicholas marriage to Nnenna produced five children.
- Start of business career: Ukachukwu became active in the business world in 1985 when he joined his father’s company, Nwakwo and Sons Limited as director.
- Companies: He established SNECOU Oil and Gas Limited, a firm engaged in petroleum products’ exploration, production, and marketing; SNECOU Construction Limited which has executed construction projects like roads, bridges, and dams in Nigeria; he also owns and operates the British Nigeria Academy, a private school offering education for nursery to secondary level; his media company, SNECOU Media Limited, operates newspaper publications, along with radio and television stations.
- Political party: He is a founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), but presently a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the governorship candidate of the party for the Anambra 2025 gubernatorial election.
- Political journey: After his unsuccessful attempt to get the PDP governorship ticket, he left in 2006 to join the Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA), where he emerged as the party’s candidate but was defeated by Peter Obi of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). He contested again on the platform of the Hope Democratic Party (HDP) but was again defeated by Obi, who was re-elected for a second term. Charles returned to PDP in 2013 but again was unable to win the party’s ticket, which was won by Osekoka Obaze, who would later lose at the general poll to Willie Obiano of APGA. He left PDP again in 2018 to join APGA, where he contested and won the primary election to emerge as the party’s candidate for the Anambra South Senatorial District in the 2019 election. However, his victory was short-lived as an aggrieved aspirant, Dr Anselm Enyimba, filed a suit at the Federal High Court in Abuja, claiming the primary election was marred by irregularities and fraud. The court nullified his candidacy and ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to recognize Enyimba as the party’s candidate. Enyimba would later lose to Ifeanyi Ubah of the YPP.
- Political Office: Nwachukwu served as a member of the House of Representatives, representing the Bwari Abuja Municipal Federal Constituency between 1999 and 2003.
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