Our contestants

Meet the contestants

This page shows all the members contesting for position during the election season, click on the image to read more about each of the contestants.

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Adeoye Francis

President

Francis Adeoye is an astute leader with vast experience in cooperative business. An engineer by study and HSE professional, he is currently the SE Lead, Production Services & Logistics. Francis was the Vice President of the CoopLag from 2016 - 20...

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Akinola Gbolade Akintunde

President

Gbolade is a Fellow of the Chartered Accountants of Nigeria with over 20 years experience in business transformation, finance, budgeting & planning, supply chain management, project management, banking, product development & continuous improvement. P...

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Amuboh Okiemute

Vice President

Okiemute is a credible and trusted candidate who is focused on people's welfare and collective interest. He has demonstrated visible and notable leadership in various roles within Shell and beyond. He brings to bear his wealth of experience in effect...

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Ngerebara Levious

Vice President

Levious is a technical professional spanning across structural, geotechnical, instrumentation, process automation, control and optimization. He holds a B. Tech Civil engineering, MSC Automation and Control, member of the Nigerian Society of Engineer...

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Osazuwa Benjamins Uyiosa

Vice President

Uyiosa Osazuwa [Uyi] is a Senior Production Technologist with the Field Development and execution [FDE] in the West Asset of SPDC and he is saddled with the responsibility of defining the well functional specifications for new drills and workovers; a...

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Aribike Oluwatobiloba Ogechukwu

General Secretary

An experienced cooperative member with a background in community organizing and project management. Dedicated to fostering cooperation, transparency, and accountability within the cooperative. Strong advocate for member empowerment and equitable deci...

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Unegbu Chukwudi Ignatius

General Secretary

Chukwudi I. Unegbu is a seasoned professional with over 12 years of extensive technical experience in subsea systems and hardware engineering. His expertise encompasses project management, field development, front-end engineering, fabrication, assemb...

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Falaye Olatunbosun Morohunfolu

Treasurer

Tunbosun has the proven track record having spent time in the banking industry and later joined SPDC in 2006. Having served as a Treasurer in other cooperative societies, he currently is JV reporting Lead (chief accountant) Shell companies in Nigeria

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Aguegboh Obiora Kingsley

Treasurer

Obiora is a seasoned and experienced Finance professional with capacity and competence to drive immense value for the cooperative

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Adebayo Adedapo Adewumi

Financial Secretary

Dapo is a seasoned CP professional with over 14 years core experience in the Supply Chain function within the Deepwater organization in Nigeria. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria and a Member of the Chartered Institu...

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Adepoju Opeyemi

Financial Secretary

Opeyemi is a thoroughbred finance professional with over 15years experience spanning Audit, Financial Accounting, Banking, Business Finance, Financial Reporting, Risk Management, Controls and Compliance. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartere...

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Ochonogor Chukwuma

Assistant General Secretary

Chukwuma Ochonogor is a seasoned professional with over 15 years of experience in the offshore oil and gas industry. His expertise spans business and portfolio planning, project management, project controls, and front-end design and execution. Chukwu...

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Nanpan Monday Vuruktu

Assistant General Secretary

Nanpan is a seasoned Geologist with the Development department. He comes with a strong business acumen, integrity and track record of delivery. Nanpan is hardworking with tremendous game changing ideas that will add value to the Cooperative Society.

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Ohallem Julius

Assistant General Secretary

Julius is a focused, resourceful and result oriented Project management, Production operations, Financial and Maintenance reliability professional. He collaborated with other members of COOPLAG Cooperative Risks and Investment Committee and succes...

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Akpanebe Edidiong James

Assistant General Secretary

Edidiong Akpanebe is an experienced UK licensed Master Mariner with a demonstrated history of working in the maritime/ oil & gas industries. She is currently the Vice President of WISTA - Women International Shipping and Trading Association - Nig...

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Okeuhie Ebere

Ex-Officio

Engr Okeuhie Ebere (MNSE) a registered Engineer with the Council for the regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) started his educational career at Government college Umuahia where he obtained his SSCE before he gained admission to Akanu Ibiam F...

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Shittu Tele

Ex-Officio

Tele Shittu is a Mechanical Engineer with a long spanning career in Information Technology/Management, Project Cost Engineering and currently a Real Estate Professional. He is a certified Facility Management Professional (FMP) and a CORNET Profession...

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Adeogun Samuel Olusegun

Ex-Officio

Adeogun Samuel is an energetic Control Room Operator, who has worked in SPDC for over 2 decades. He is highly committed to duty and has proven track record of trustworthiness, accountability and ownership of Assets under his care. I have no doubt in ...