Christopher Stephen Obong Ekpenyong (Listenⓘ; born 29 September 1954) is a Nigerian politician and former Deputy governor of Akwa Ibom State.
In 1993, he attended Kensington University, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States and obtained a Master of Business Administration (Marketing) degree in 1995.
In 2005, he made history in Nigeria: he was impeached as the deputy governor of Akwa Ibom state but was hurriedly returned to that position in less than seven days.
The members of the state house of assembly reversed the impeachment after the intervention of then-President Olusegun Obasanjo, although Ekpenyong was forced to resign afterwards.
[7] In 2019, he was elected as senator representing Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District under the platform of Peoples Democratic Party beating his closest rival the incumbent, Godswill Akpabio of the All Progressive Congress.