Umeadi Chinedu Anthony (Dr Chinedu Anthony Umeadi) is the Young Progressives Party (YPP) candidate for Anambra Central Senatorial District in the Senate election of 16 January 2027 (INEC final list, 12 September 2026). INEC lists him as a 51-year-old man whose declared qualifications are the First School Leaving Certificate, the Senior School Certificate, MBBS, MPH and PhD.
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Umeadi Chinedu Anthony (Dr Chinedu Anthony Umeadi) is the Young Progressives Party (YPP) candidate for Anambra Central Senatorial District in the Senate election of 16 January 2027 (INEC final list, 12 September 2026). INEC lists him as a 51-year-old man whose declared qualifications are the First School Leaving Certificate, the Senior School Certificate, MBBS, MPH and PhD.
This is his second YPP bid for the seat. He won the party's Anambra Central ticket by delegate affirmation at a primary in Awka on 29 May 2022, and at the election of 25 February 2023 he polled 6,909 votes; Victor Umeh of the Labour Party won with 103,608. In February 2025 Nigerian Tribune described him as the YPP leader in Anambra State. Details of his 2026 YPP primary were not found.
He founded and heads the Dr Chinedu Umeadi Foundation, which runs an annual science quiz and awards for Anambra secondary schools and has organised youth programmes since at least 2019; its seventh award ceremony was held in Awka on 24 June 2026. Punch described him in 2022 as a professor of mental health. UNIZIK's Continuous Education Programme gave him a humanitarian service award in August 2023.
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2022
IN THE PUBLIC RECORD
2022
Party primaryReviewed record
2023 Senate primary
Young Progressives Party · Anambra Central · Anambra
Primary result
Won
What this establishes
A party-stage result, not election to public office
Recorded winner
Chinedu Anthony Umeadi
YPP primary for the 2023 Anambra Central Senate election: ticket won by delegate affirmation from the district's seven LGAs at Finotel, Awka, on Sunday 29 May 2022, with YPP National Secretary Vidiyeno Bamaiyi and INEC officials as witnesses. No vote count reported.
Reviewed 6 Oct 2026
2023
IN THE PUBLIC RECORD
2023
Honours & recognitionReviewed record
Humanitarian Service Award, Continuous Education Programme (CEP), Nnamdi Azikiwe University
One of over 20 personalities honoured at the UNIZIK CEP Alumni Homecoming and Award Presentation, ASUU Secretariat complex, Awka, on Thursday 31 August 2023.
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Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK) Continuous Education Programme
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humanitarian service
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Reviewed 6 Oct 2026
2023
Election participationReviewed record
2023 Senate election
Young Progressives Party · Anambra Central · Anambra
Result
Lost
Votes
6,909
Recorded winner
Victor Umeh (LP)
Returning officer Prof. Chuka Enuka declared Victor Umeh (LP) winner with 103,608 votes; Dozie Nwankwo (APGA) 69,702, Uche Ekwunife (PDP) 49,532, Kodilichukwu Okelekwe (APC) 8,204, Umeadi (YPP) 6,909. Umeadi had praised INEC's conduct on 26 Feb 2023 and said he would congratulate the winner if he lost.
Reviewed 6 Oct 2026
2027
IN THE PUBLIC RECORD
2027
Party primaryReviewed record
2027 Senate primary
Young Progressives Party · Anambra Central · Anambra
Primary result
Won
What this establishes
A party-stage result, not election to public office
Recorded winner
Umeadi Chinedu Anthony
constituency: Anambra Central Senatorial District · INEC final list of candidates (Senate), published 2026-09-12 — SN 27, p.15; INEC name: UMEADI CHINEDU ANTHONY; age 51; male; qualification (as declared to INEC): FIRST SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE S.S.C.E MBBS; MPH; PHD
Reviewed 6 Oct 2026
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Declared to INEC (2027 final list): First School Leaving Certificate, Senior School Certificate (SSCE), MBBS, MPH and PhD; institutions and years not published.
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Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Dr Chinedu Umeadi Foundation (DCUF)
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Founded and heads an Anambra education and youth foundation that runs an annual science quiz (computer-based) and awards for secondary-school students, teachers and principals in partnership with the state's PPSSC and ASUBEB; it has organised club football tournaments since 2019 and held its seventh annual award ceremony in Awka on 24 June 2026. Founding year not found.
Reviewed 6 Oct 2026
Working lifeReviewed record
Party leader in Anambra State
Young Progressives Party (YPP), Anambra State
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Politics
Described by Nigerian Tribune on 28 February 2025 as "the leader of the party in Anambra State" when he sponsored a YPP sensitisation workshop in Awka ahead of the 2025 governorship election. Start and end dates not found.
Reviewed 6 Oct 2026
Party membershipReviewed record
Young Progressives Party (YPP)
Young Progressives Party candidate for Anambra Central in 2023 (ticket won 29 May 2022) and again on INEC's final list (12 September 2026); described as the party's leader in Anambra State in February 2025; date joined not found
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Reviewed 6 Oct 2026
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