*To be buried on 22nd Nov
By Our Reporter
For Senator Ifeanyi Patrick Ubah, the colourful politician, philanthropist, business mogul and acknowledged youth advocate, the journey home began on Thursday as a service of songs was held for him in Lagos.
It was the beginning of many events lined up to mark his funeral which would continue up to November 24, the day of outing (Church) service after his burial on the 22nd of this month. The schedule is contained in a burial programme released by the family and the burial committee.
His remains arrive Nigeria from London where he died..
He was born in September 1971, and died on July 27, 2024.
Ubah was a politician, entrepreneur, and businessman who served as a Senator for Anambra South Senatorial District in the Nigerian senate until his death.
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 his educational needs, Ubah dropped out of Premiere Academy, Lugbe, Abuja to learn trade at a young age.
However, before his death, he had completed a Law degree programme which he assiduously pursued.
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.
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.” With additional reports from www.theconclaveng.com
