[2][3] In July 2007, an American woman, claiming that Uzamere had married her in New York in 1979 while seeking a green card, filed a divorce suit demanding $100 million compensation and child support.
He was appointed to committees on Security & Intelligence, Local and Foreign Debts, Land Transport, Housing, Downstream Petroleum and Culture & Tourism.
[10] In December 2008, the three PDP senators - Uzamere, Yisa Braimoh and Odion Ugbesia - were given the job of reconciling the different party factions that emerged during the eighteen months Edo State governorship of Oserheimen Osunbor.
Uzamere said that since Edo State now had an Action Congress government, PDP supporters could not expect patronage, which would make the job easier.
[13] In July 2009, he was accused of delays in confirming the Edo State nominee to the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) board, perhaps due to party-political motives.