OKEZIE Victor Ikpeazu, governor of Abia State, 53, October 18. Born in Umuebere in Umuobiakwa village, Isialaukwu, Mbato Autonomous Community in Obingwa Local Government Area of Abia State, he attended Amaise Central Primary School, Umuobiakwa; Eziama High School, Aba; Ihie High School, Isiala Ngwa; University of Maiduguri and University of Calabar. Before joining politics, he had been a lecturer in several Nigerian educational institutions. Ikpeazu was elected the ninth governor of Abia State in 2015 under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. On December 31, 2015, a Court of Appeal sitting in Owerri sacked Ikpeazu as governor and declared Alex Otti as the winner of the 2015 gubernatorial election.  On June, 27 2016, Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja ordered Ikpeazu to vacate his office as governor upon allegations of false information and forgery of documents prior to the 2015 gubernatorial election. The suit was however dismissed by a Federal High Court in Owerri.

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