Senator Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah Dies In London At 52, Life and Achievements

Senator Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah, who was representing Anambra South Senatorial District in the Nigerian senate from 2019-2024, has died in London on July 27, 2024 at the age of 52.

Ifeanyi Ubah was born on September 3, 1971 as the first son of seven children to Mr. and Mrs. Alphonsus Ubah in Otolo Nnewi in Anambra State, Nigeria.

The cause of his sudden death is yet to be made known and has generated mixed reactions from the entire Southeast and other parts of the country.

However, it has been reported that he died of a cardiac arrest in London.

A close family source said he died in a hospital where he went for surgery.

Until his death, Ubah was a Nigerian politician, entrepreneur, businessman, founder and CEO of Capital Oil and Gas Limited, etc.

Ifeanyi Ubah was not born into a well-to-do family. 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.

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1. Ubah rose to business success as he became an importer 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.
2. 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.
3. He was the founder of The Authority Newspaper, a Nigerian daily newspaper, he also 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.
4. In 2014, Ifeanyi Ubah contested the 2014 Anambra governorship election on the platform of the Labour Party but lost the race.
5. 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.
6. Ubah was married to Uchenna Ubah, a Business Administration graduate of Ahmadu Bello University in Nigeria, with whom he had five children.
7. 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.