The deceased was a renowned businessman and politician. He was the Senator representing Anambra South Senatorial District at the National Assembly.
President Tinubu commiserates with the friends and colleagues of the late Senator, the National Assembly, and the government and people of Anambra State over the sad loss.
The Senator’s death was earlier confirmed by Senate spokesperson, Yemi Adaramodu, in a statement on Saturday.
Late Senator Ifeanyi Ubah
He was born on September 3, 1971 in Nnewi, Anambra State, Nigeria.
Due to the inability of his parents to cater for the educational and material needs of their children, Ifeanyi dropped out of Premiere academy, Lugbe, Abuja to learn trade at a young age.
He 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 to some countries in Europe including Belgium and the United Kingdom.
In 2001, he founded Capital Oil and Gas Limited. He is also the founder of The Authority Newspaper, a Nigerian daily newspaper and also the owner of Ifeanyi Ubah F.C., a football club in the Nigeria Premier League.
In 2014, Ubah lost at the 2014 Anambra gubernatorial election under the platform of the Labour Party, but on 24 February 2019, he won the Anambra South Senatorial elections under the platform of the Young Progressive Party (YPP). He later defected to Nigeria’s ruling party, the All Progressive Congress (APC).
In September 2022, Ifeanyi Ubah was on his way to Nnewi when he was attacked by gunmen in Enugwu-Ukwu in Anambra State, and five persons, including two policemen, lost their lives.