Breaking: Senator Ifeanyi Ubah dies in London

Ifeanyi Ubah, Senator representing Anambra South Senatorial District on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), is dead.

Thefrontrank reports that the Senate Spokesperson, Yemi Adaramodu, confirmed Ubah’s death on Saturday.

Ubah, who recently defected from the Young Progressives Party(YPP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress(APC) died in a London hotel in United Kingdom two days after leaving Nigeria.

Ubah, who contested the 2014 Governorship election in Anambra State on the platform of Labour Party(LP), died at the age of 52.

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum Downstream was in London to attend his son’s graduation.

Ubah, a Nigerian Politician, entrepreneur and businessman, until his death served as the CEO of Capital Oil (CCO), which he founded in 2001.

The deceased married to Uchenna, a Business Administration graduate from Ahmadu Bello University in Nigeria, with whom he had 5 children. He also ran a foundation which is named after himself; Ifeanyi Ubah Foundation.

In September 2022, Ubah escaped assassination when he was attacked by gunmen on his way to Nnewi in Enugwu-Ukwu in Anambra State. His convoy was shot at with at least five persons, including two policemen, killed.

He survived as the vehicle he was riding in was bulletproof.