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.
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.
