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The Sudden death of Senator Ifeanyi Uba is agitating the minds of the public, especially his commmunity ‘OTOLLO NNEWI’. Some have tagged his death on two things. Many people especially his critics have said he’s running away from the planned August nationwide protest and secondly, that his death is tied to some interested individuals, who see him as a threat in the upcoming election in the governorship election of Anambra state. Remember, we told how the late senator lost, most of his AIDS due to a bloody attack on his convoy at Anambra. May his soul rest in perfect peace Amen.
he News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent who visited the home of the senator in Umuanuka, Otolo Village in Nnewi reports that the giant entrance gates into the massive compound were locked.
One of the staff, a Nnewi youth, who preferred anonymity, said the community had lost one of its finest sons.
He said Ubah was a backbone to youths in the community because of his empowerment and philanthropic activities.
“His death is still a shock to us. He was our pillar,” he said.
Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah (September 3, 1971 – July 27, 2024), was a Nigerian politician, entrepreneur and businessman who served as a Senator representing Anambra South Senatorial District in the Nigerian senate until his death on July 27, 2024, in London.
1. Ubah died at 52. He would have been 53 on September 3.
2. He was born as the first son of seven children to Mr. & Mrs. Alphonsus Ubah in Otolo, one of the four quarters of Nnewi in Anambra State, Nigeria. Due to the inability of his parents to cater to the educational and material needs of their children, Ubah dropped out of Premiere Academy, Lugbe, Abuja to learn trade at a young age. He has attended several local and international business courses and seminars in leadership and business management.
- Ubah became an exporter of motor tyres and spare parts majorly in West Africa, including Ghana, Sierra Leone, Liberia and DR Congo, before he expanded his business ventures in some countries in Europe, including Belgium and the United Kingdom.
- He was the CEO of Capital Oil, which he founded in 2001. Capital Oil facilities and outlets are domiciled mostly in Southeast and Southwest Nigeria, with one of the largest tank farms for petroleum products storage and distribution in Lagos.
He was the founder of The Authority Newspaper, a Nigerian daily newspaper. Ifeanyi Ubah’s newspaper, ‘The Authority, ’ went daily on October 15, 2015.
- Ubah founded the Ifeanyi Ubah F.C., a football club in the Nigeria Premier League, following its purchase as Gabros International Football Club. He also founded a foundation named after him; Ifeanyi Ubah Foundation.
- In 2014, Ifeanyi Ubah contested the 2014 Anambra governorship election on the platform of the Labour Party but lost the race.
- On February 24, 2019, Ifeanyi Ubah was declared the winner of the Anambra South Senatorial elections on the platform of the Young Progressive Party but defected to Nigeria’s ruling party, the All Progressive Congress.
- Ubah was married to Uchenna Ubah, a Business Administration graduate of Ahmadu Bello University in Nigeria, with whom he had five children.
- In September 2022, Ubah, on his way to Nnewi, was ambushed by gunmen in Enugwu-Ukwu in Anambra State – his convoy was shot at; at least five persons, including two policemen, were killed. Ubah survived the attack, reportedly shielded by the bulletproof vehicle he was riding on.