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Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah Biography | Education | Controversies | Career | Net Worth

Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah popularly known as Ifeanyi Ubah who is a Nigerian businessman and an entrepreneur who is also a Senator in the Nigerian Senate and also, he is representing the Anambra South Senatorial District.

He is as well the CEO of Capital Oil, which he established in 2001. He is also the owner of the Ifeanyi Ubah Football Club.

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Ifeanyi Ubah Early Life

Ifeanyi Ubah is the firstborn son in a family of seven on the 3rd of September, 1971 in Anambra to Mr and Mrs Alphonsus and Patty Ubah who were teachers. He hails from Umuanuka town in Otolo town of Nnewi, in Anambra State.

He could not finish schooling and had to drop out to learn to trade. Ifeanyi has since gone on numerous business courses and gatherings which has helped in honing his pioneering interests. He additionally examined the Owner/President Management Program at Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA.

He said in an interview; “I am from a humble background. It was very tough but God in his infinite mercy favoured me and it has been great so far. Sometimes, Ifeanyi Uba is highly misunderstood and people try to make the name look controversial. I thank God for his grace upon my life and I know that the blessings of God will get back to humanity. If someone who God has blessed forgets his people, God can take back the blessing. I am the son of a teacher. I was doing very well when I was growing up but at a point, I looked at my parents and I advised myself that I have to be more useful.”

He continued saying “At the age of 17, I was already struggling to see how I can put food on the table. It is very important for people to aspire to be great in life but while aspiring to be great, they must have the fear of God. I am the first son of my parents, I have three elder sisters. I have always been known as someone who stands for the truth.”

“When I was growing up, there was a day my mother was at loggerheads with my grandmother over who should harvest our breadfruit in the village, knowing very well that my grandmother had always been the one who harvested it and shared with others, my mother felt it was time for the harvesting responsibility to be passed on to her. To her surprise, I stood on the side of my grandmother and she was very embittered. She even labelled me a traitor.”

“I explained to her that my grandmother played a very important role in the family, because without her, neither my father nor she would have been born into the Ubah family. That was how the responsibility of harvesting the fruit remained with her.”

“When I was young, I played a great deal of football as a goalkeeper both at school and in my community. On one occasion, I sneaked away from the house to play football at the camp. My parents began to search for me at home. When they did not see me, my father headed to the coach’s house where he found me. He angrily asked me if I could not stay at home and help with the chores. At the time, football was not as profitable and fashionable as it is now.”

“My father angrily asked what I wanted to do. He asked if I wanted to go to school, learn a trade or play football. I told him that I preferred business. He was disappointed and downcast. He asked me if I expected him to tell his colleagues that a teacher’s son wants to become a street hawker. I told him not to worry that I would make him proud.”

“Even though I could hustle to earn money independently, I just couldn’t see myself allowing my father to go through the stress of paying the school fees of my elder sisters, my younger ones and myself from his meagre salary. I took a decision so that we would not, in the end, go into farming to sustain our family. I felt it was time for me to step out and assist my parents.”

Ifeanyi Ubah Education

Ifeanyi dropped out of Premier Academy, Lugbe, Abuja to learn a trade at an early age due to his parents’ incapacity to meet their children’s academics and material needs. He has attended a number of leadership and business management courses and seminars both locally and internationally.

Ifeanyi Ubah Age

Ifeanyi Ubah was born in 3 September 1971 in Otolo, one of the four quarters of Nnewi in Anambra State, Nigeria.

Ifeanyi Ubah Career

Ifeanyi Ubah started his business as an exporter of motor tyres and parts in West African nations like Ghana, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo before extending to Belgium and the UK.

In 2001, he founded Capital Oil and Gas Limited.

In, 2015, he founded the Nigerian daily newspaper, The Authority, and the Ifeanyi Ubah F.C. Ifeanyi Ubah F.C was previously known as The Gabros International Football Club. It was founded in 2015. His newspaper publication covers both domestic and foreign news.

Ifeanyi Ubah Business and companies

Here are some of the companies and businesses that Ifeanyi Ubah founded;

Capital Oil and Gas Limited.
Ifeanyi Ubah F.C
An exporter of motor tyres.
The Nigerian daily newspaper.
The Authority
…….and many more businesses and companies.

Aside from being a founder and a real estate mogul, he is also the chairman and board of directors of the following companies:

Chevron Oronite & Chemical Company Ltd in South Africa
Commodity Giants Nigeria Ltd
Knoll & Hachfer Engineering Company Ltd
Hero Communications Ltd
Oil force Nigeria Ltd
Capital Group Congo S.a.r.l in the DR Congo
American Hospital Ltd

Ifeanyi Ubah Politics

In 2014, Ifeanyi Ubah lost at the 2014 Anambra gubernatorial election under the platform of the Labour Party. On 24 February 2019, Ifeanyi Ubah was declared winner of the Anambra South Senatorial elections under the platform of the Young Progressive Party (YPP).

Ifeanyi Ubah Relationship

Ifeanyi Ubah is married to Uchenna Ubah, who is an Executive Director at Capital Oil and Gas Industries Limited. Uchenna holds a Bachelor of Science B.Sc (Hons) degree in business management and a Masters’s degree in business administration (MBA) from Ahmadu Bello University.

Together, they are blessed with five children.

Ifeanyi Ubah Controversy

On Thursday, 11 April 2019, a Federal Capital Territory High Court in Kubwa, Abuja, purportedly dismissed Ifeanyi from the Senate based on a suit filed by Mr. Obinna. Uzor has petitioned the court to declare Ubah’s election null and void because he reportedly used a falsified National Examination Council certificate to run in the senate election on February 23, 2019.

On Thursday, March 19, 2020, the Court of Appeal in Abuja affirmed the election of Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah of the Young Progressive Party (YPP) as senator for Anambra South.

In September 2022, Ifeanyi Ubah was while on his way to Nnewi was attacked by gunmen in Enugwu-Ukwu in Anambra State – his convoy was shot at; at least 5 persons, including 2 policemen, were killed. Uba survived as the vehicle he was riding in was bulletproof.

Ifeanyi Ubah Life Summary

Full NAME	Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah
ALSO KNOWN AS	Ifeanyi Ubah
DATE OF BIRTH	born 3 September 1971
STATE	Otolo, Nnewi in Anambra
NATIONALITY	Nigerian
OCCUPATION(S)	Entrepreneur and a business man
PARENTS	Mr. & Mrs. Alphonsus Ubah
RELATIONSHIP STATUS	Married
NET WORTH	Ifeanyi Ubah Net worth is estimated over $1.7 Billion

Ifeanyi Ubah Net Worth

Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah is worth and estimated over $1.7 billion. Dr Ifeanyi Ubah is undoubtedly a billionaire with class. He has acquired wealth as an oil mogul and a politician including in his sporting business and many other businesses that he has.

Ifeanyi Ubah Cars

Although there are not many credible reports about his choices on automobiles, Ifeanyi Patrick Ubah was a constant patroniser of Innoson Motors till he had a fall out with the company in July 2020.

He is also rumoured to have two Rolls Royce in his garage among many other SUV cars.

Ifeanyi Ubah Houses

Ifeanyi Ubah doesn’t really publicize his abundance at each chance. He may appear to be somewhat arrogant for naming a football crew after himself, however, flaunting his property isn’t something he is known for. Accordingly, it was not too simple to discover great-quality photos of his Nnewi house.

Due to his financial status and net worth, he have other properties that are not mentioned in this article. As mentioned in this article, he is also into real estate which means he have alot of properties nation-wide.