THE NEW ABIA STATE GOVERNOR

[PHOTOS,PROFILE] Meet The Newly Declared Governor Of Abia, Uche Ogahd

On Monday, a Federal High Court in Abuja ordered the Governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu, to vacate office immediately and declared Uche Ogah as the Governor of the State.

Ikpeazu was removed for submitting false information to his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, for the party’s governorship primary in December 2014.

Uchechukwu S. Ogah is a Nigerian oil magnate, entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist. Born on the 22nd of December,1969, Ogah attended Ishiagu High School, after which he worked at West African Examination Council (WAEC) from 1986–89.

He proceeded to the Institute of Management and Technology (IMT), Enugu State [3] where he obtained Upper Credit at Ordinary National Diploma (OND) in 1992 and Distinction at the Higher National Diploma (HND) Level in 1995 in Accounting.

He also attended University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) where he obtained a Postgraduate Diploma in 2005 following it up with a Bachelor of Science degree (Banking and Finance) from Ogun State University and a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from University of Lagos.

Ogah began his career as a banker with a year of National Youth Service year at NAL Bank Plc. Thereafter, he took up full employment at All States Trust Bank where he worked for around two years before joining Zenith Bank in 1997.

He is the President of Master Energy Group, a conglomerate with over 15 subsidiaries and interests across a variety of industries.