page_title: Emmanuel Dangana Ocheja
section_title: 2019 elections
hierarchical_section_title: Emmanuel Dangana Ocheja / Political career / 2019 elections
caption_attribution_description: English: L-R: Senator Abiola Ajimobi, Dr.Kayode Fayemi, Senator Oserheimen Osunbor, Ahmed Gulak, Senator Ocheja, Chief Clement Ebri, Ademola Rasaq Seriki, Pius Odubu, and Major General Lawrence Onoja rtd. being sworn in as chairmen of the APC committees to conduct the gubernatorial primary elections of the party for the 2019 elections across Nigeria.
context_page_description: Emmanuel Dangana Ocheja is a Nigerian Senator who represented Kogi East senatorial district in the National Assembly, and a member of the All Progressives Congress.
  Ocheja is the principal of Dangana Global Legal Services, a law firm based in Abuja, Kano and Lagos states in Nigeria.
context_section_description: Ocheja did not seek elective office in 2019. He maintained his membership of the APC and campaigned for its candidates throughout Kogi state in the buildup to and during the election. As a believer in President Muhammadu Buhari and his government, Ocheja used several fora to sensitize the electorate in Kogi on why the president had to be re-elected and on the need to vote for APC members into national assembly seats so as to ensure a harmonious and productive relationship between the legislature and the executive arms of government. 
  
  In September of 2018, Ocheja was sworn in as one of the chairmen of the APC committees for the governorship primaries of the party. He led a team with six other members to conduct the exercise in Taraba state.
caption: L-R Senator Abiola Ajimobi, Dr.Kayode Fayemi, Senator Oserheimen Osunbor, Ahmed Gulak, Senator Ocheja, Chief Clement Ebri, Ademola Rasaq Seriki, being sworn in as APC committee chairmen
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