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Nigeria Osakwe was elected to the Senate for the Delta North constituency in 1999. Shortly before the April 2003 elections, Osakwe denied being among the senators who endorsed the amendment of the
Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) Act. He was reelected in 2003 as candidate of the
People's Democratic Party (PDP), despite a poor reputation for contributing to debates or motions in the upper chamber. He was elected again in 2007 representing the
Accord party. He was appointed to committees on Gas, Banking, Insurance & Other Financial Institutions, Appropriation,
Niger Delta and Senate Services. In May 2008, the Election Petition Tribunal in Asaba struck out a petition against the election of the Governor of Delta State,
Emmanuel Uduaghan and Patrick Osakwe. The PDP candidate Mirian Comfort Ali had asserted that the Accord party did not validly present Patrick Osakwe as candidate for the election. ==References==