UNDERSTANDING THE CASE OF EMEKA UGWUONYE VS THE NIGERIAN POLICE (FCT) COMMAND CONTD. EXHIBITS TO PART 2:

ANNEX 1

SUMMARY PROFILE OF
Ephraim Emeka Ugwuonye, Esquire

Ephraim Emeka Ugwuonye was born and raised in Enugu State, Nigeria. He trained as a lawyer; first at the University of Benin Law Faculty, Nigeria, where he received a degree in law (LL.B.), graduating in the top ranks of his class. He further attended the Nigerian Law School, Lagos, where he also obtained a certificate in law (B.L.), graduating also in the top ranks.

He subsequently worked for two oil and gas companies in Nigeria – Texaco (Nigeria) and, later, Chevron (Nigeria) – as an interning-counsel in the offices of the General Counsel of the respective corporations. It was while working with Chevron that Emeka first encountered from a professional point of view the incidence of indigenous community activism in Nigeria, which ultimately mutated to the later-day militancy and targeted kidnapping of expatriates for ransom and the wider ramifications of justice, equity, due process and development in the oil producing communities in Nigeria.

After some practical experience as a lawyer in Nigeria, Emeka attended Harvard Law School. He graduated in the LL.M. class of 1994. Upon completion of his studies, Emeka was employed at Harvard. He worked as research associate and policy advisor to the Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID). He was, during his time, the youngest member of the Policy and Planning Committee of HIID, the highest policy-making body for that institute. During his tenure at HIID, Emeka researched and taught law and policy studies at Harvard and was listed at Harvard among top experts on corporate law, finance and governance; and on issues pertaining to multinational corporations and development.

Emeka’s period at Harvard was remarkable for a number of reasons. Major social and economic reforms were sweeping across the entire Eastern Europe, with several emerging countries in that region having recently enacted new corporation laws. At the same time, serious and new questions were being raised about institutional and economic reforms in the continent of Africa. While at Harvard, Emeka played active roles in some of the major reform events in Europe and Africa during that period. In this capacity, Emeka visited and consulted with many countries, directly advising presidents and top officials of governments, mostly on reform projects either sponsored or otherwise endorsed by the United States Government.

Specifically and in respect of Africa, Emeka advised governments and leading economic actors in Zambia, South Africa, Ghana, Kenya, Zimbabwe, and Nigeria on law and economic reform issues of the day, with particular emphasis on taxation, economic reforms and governance. Also, Emeka spearheaded research projects and studies in various areas of law and policy, including specifically, access to credit and finance in Africa, privatization and restructuring of state-owned enterprises, etc.

Emeka later left Harvard to join the World Bank, in Washington, D.C. in 1997, where he worked as counsel in the office of the General Counsel. There he focused on the operational activities of the Bank in its Europe and Central Asia regional divisions. In addition to the regular operational activities of the World Bank lawyers, Emeka dedicated a significant part of his time to work on special projects such as the Trust Funds activities of the Bank and researching, teaching and speaking on legal aspects of anti-corruption reforms in developing countries. Emeka also conducted the pioneering study at the World Bank on strategies and modalities for the World Bank’s private-public sector partnership initiative. This was a multi-country study that led to reviews and revisions of Word Bank policies in key areas.

With a combination of experience at Harvard and the World Bank, Emeka was well positioned to launch a career as an international lawyer and strategy consultant. He quickly developed a reputation as a well-grounded international legal scholar and practitioner and as a professional that knows how to get result for clients, even under complex and difficult conditions. As an illustration, Emeka was consulting with the African Development Bank in the country of Ivory Coast, in December of 1999, when that country’s first military coup confronted him with a life and death situation, and ultimately forced that country into a spiral of political turmoil and ethnic hostilities. Over the years, Emeka has returned to Africa with even stronger commitments both as a lawyer and as an entrepreneur.

Emeka has practiced law in several international jurisdictions, including the Supreme Court of the United States, the Supreme Court of Nigeria, the United States Court of International Trade, and several state and federal bars.

Over the years, Emeka’s practice of law has focused mainly on representing African clients in the United States or representing American clients interested in doing business in Africa. Emeka’s strongest strength lies in his ability to execute tasks that involve complex and strategic operations and interdisciplinary approaches. His ability to make critical contacts in a wide range of situations and to assemble a task force of experts on short notice enables him to achieve best results for clients in varying scenarios.

Among Emeka’s most important clients has been the Government of Nigeria, for which he acted as counsel and advisor for ten years in the United States of America. Matters over which Emeka has rendered services to Nigeria include, but are not limited to: (a) the drafting of the first ever antitrust / competition bill for Nigeria, (b) representing (up to the United States Supreme Court) a former President of Nigeria, at the behest of the Nigerian Government, (c) representing the Nigerian Government in a class action lawsuit before a U.S. federal court, and (d) representing the Government of Nigeria, through its embassy in Washington, D.C., for a period of over seven (7) years on various matters. Emeka is the first to admit also that having governments as clients has had the effect of exposing him to politically oriented controversies.

Emeka’s ability to understand the interface between practical questions and legal problems remains of immense value, as he strives to render quality services to clients across the globe in a complex, dynamic and intensely competitive emerging market environments.

EXHIBIT 2(E)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Fein

EXHIBIT 2(F) (video)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lgdJyBnsGS4