Dr. Chuba Wilberforce Okadigbo (December 17, 1941 – September 25, 2003), was President of the Nigeria Senate. He was sometimes referred to as Oyi of Oyi in reference to his local government council area (Oyi

Oyi

Oyi is a Local Government Area and city in Anambra State, Nigeria. It is home to the Oyi people.-History:Oral history:The origin of Oyi people is the same for all the "OLU" sub group of the Eri-Awka Igbo...

); he also held numerous political positions in the Nigeria government. He was known to be opposed to the ruling [{Peoples Democratic Party of Nigeria}], which was led by President Olusẹgun Ọbasanjọ from the year 1999 - 2007.
After graduating in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

, Chuba Okadigbo became Assistant professor, later adjunct associate professor of philosophy University of the District of Columbia

University of the District of Columbia

The University of the District of Columbia is a historically black, public university located in Washington, D.C. UDC is one of only a few urban land-grant universities in the country and a member of the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund...

, adjunct assistant professor of politics the Catholic University of America, and adjunct assistant professor of politics Howard University

Howard University

Howard University is a federally chartered, non-profit, private, coeducational, nonsectarian, historically black university located in Washington, D.C., United States...

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