Former Kogi senator Ocheja marries in Abuja wedding ceremony
A video from the Abuja wedding of former Kogi East senator Emmanuel Dangana Ocheja and his new wife has circulated online. The ceremony took place on September 19, 2026, and footage shared by filmmaker Seun Oloketuyi showed the couple dancing during the celebration. Ocheja represented Kogi East from 2011 to 2015.
A video from the wedding of former Kogi East Senator Emmanuel Dangana Ocheja and his new wife has appeared online after the couple’s white wedding in Abuja on September 19, 2026. The footage, shared on Monday by film journalist and Best of Nollywood Awards chief executive Seun Oloketuyi, shows Ocheja dancing with his wife during the celebration. The bride also joined him on the dance floor as guests watched and celebrated.
Ocheja represented Kogi East in the Senate between 2011 and 2015 under the Peoples Democratic Party. He was a member of the seventh National Assembly and served on committees including Defence and Army, Appropriation, Gas, Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, and Privatisation. A lawyer and politician from Idah in Kogi State, Ocheja later joined the All Progressives Congress and remained active in Kogi politics.
Biographical records cited in the report say Ocheja was born on April 3, 1956. He studied law at Ahmadu Bello University and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1982. The wedding video has attracted comments from social media users discussing the former senator’s new marriage.
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