Businessman and politician Senator Ifeanyi Ubah has died in London, United Kingdom. The lawmaker died on Saturday morning, multiple reports say.
His death was confirmed on an online chat group for senators, reports SaharaReporters.
Ubah was said to have taken ill a few weeks ago.
The cause of his death was not immediately clear.
The businessman was elected senator in 2019 on the platform of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) and re-elected in 2023.
Earlier this year, he defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) and indicated interest in contesting the governorship election of Anambra State next year.
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In 2021, he contested the Anambra governorship election. Chukwuma Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) won the poll.
Ubah’s death comes days after his campaign council was said to have donated a total of N71 million to the APC in Anambra State to bolster the party’s presence and strength in the state.
Two days earlier, the president-general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, died aged 82.
Ifeanyi was born as the first son of seven children to Mr. and Mrs. Alphonsus Ubah in Otolo, one of the four quarters of Nnewi in 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 has attended several local and international business courses and seminars in leadership and business management.[6]
