Ifeanyi Ubah, the Senator representing Anambra South in the National Assembly, is dead.
Ubah, who was the Chief Executive Officer of Capital Oil, was said to have died in a UK hospital where he went for surgery.
Recall that Ubah defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, from the Young Progressives Party, YPP, last year.
Also, Ubah, the CEO of Capital Oil, survived an assassination attempt in September 2022.
Three police escorts in the convoy of the Senator were among the persons who died in that incident, which occurred at Enugwu Ukwu in Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State.
Senator Ubah died during an operation in London, a source close to the lawmaker, has said.
“Yes, he is dead,” the source, who is a friend of the legislator, confirmed.
“We are waiting for the family to issue a statement. We spoke to him three times yesterday, before he went into the theatre for the operation.”
Below are 10 things about Ubah’s life and personality:
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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. He was the founder of The Authority Newspaper, a Nigerian daily newspaper. Ifeanyi Ubah’s newspaper, ‘The Authority, ’ went daily on October 15, 2015.
6. 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.
7. In 2014, Ifeanyi Ubah contested the 2014 Anambra governorship election on the platform of the Labour Party but lost the race.
8. 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.
9. Ubah was married to Uchenna Ubah, a Business Administration graduate of Ahmadu Bello University in Nigeria, with whom he had five children.
10. 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.
