# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/melford-okilo
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:20:22.926Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/melford-okilo"
name: "Melford Okilo"
slug: "melford-okilo"
description: "Melford Obiene Okilo was a Nigerian politician who served as a member of parliament from 1956 to 1964 and as a minister during the Nigerian First Republic. He was the first elected governor of Rivers State, Nigeria, serving from 1979 to 1983 during the Nigerian Second Republic. Later he represented Bayelsa East as a senator in the Nigerian Fourth Republic from 1999 to 2003."
tagline: "Nigerian politician (1933-2008)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Nigeria"
  isoCode: "NG"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1933-11-30"
deathDate: "2008-07-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.21
  momentum:             0.3401360544217687
  historical:           5.744277333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melford_Okilo"
    title: "Melford Okilo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melford_Okilo"
    title: "Melford Okilo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melford_Okilo"
    title: "Melford Okilo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melford_Okilo"
    title: "Melford Okilo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melford_Okilo"
    title: "Melford Okilo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kai.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melford_Okilo"
    title: "Melford Okilo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%DA%88_%D8%A7%D9%88%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%88"
    title: "میلفورڈ اوکیلو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6812232"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump