Senator Okey Ezea, Ex-Customs Officer, Business Mogul, Dies in Lagos Hospital
Senator Ezea
By Francis Ugwoke
Senator Okey Ezea, popularly known as Ideke, who represents Enugu North Senatorial Zone, Enugu State, in the National Assembly has passed on.
Ezea died in a Lagos Hospital on Tuesday night, according to sources close to the family.
The source said his corpse was deposited to the morgue early this morning.
Ezea was known for his uprightness and honesty who did so much for the development of his senatorial zone.
He was a philanthropist who empowered many people from his senatorial zone in Enugu state.
Ezea attended Community Primary School, Umachi in Enugu-Ezike, and Nsukka High School in Nsukka for his primary and secondary education respectively.
He was a graduate of University of Nigeria, Nsukka where he studied political science, graduating with BSc in 1986
Born on 11 August 1963, Ezea also holds a bachelor’s degree in law (LL.B) and a master’s degree in law (LL.M) from the prestigious University of Lagos, Akoka.
Ezea is currently a doctoral student at the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of Lagos.
He also worked in the Nigerian Customs Service where he served meritoriously before voluntarily retiring as a Deputy Superintendent of Customs in 1994.
He later founded an intermodal international logistics company named Ideke Shipping Limited which since inception has been a major player in the logistics subsector of Nigeria’s oil and gas industry.
Between 1995 and 2018, Ideke Shipping provided a number of intermodal logistics services to several multinational companies and International Oil Companies (IOCs) operating in Nigeria, including SHELL BP, Chevron, Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited, Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Ltd, NNPC, etc. Ezea also subsequently founded a number of other blue chip companies, including Ideke Engineering Limited, Ideke Overseas Limited, Damik Ventures Limited, Damik Security Limited.
Ezea joined active party politics and thereafter rose to become the Labour Party gubernatorial candidate for Enugu State in the elections of that year.
In 2013, he co-founded the APC in Enugu, culminating in his becoming the gubernatorial candidate of the Party in the 2015 gubernatorial election in the State.
In 2018, Ezea was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari as the Chairman, Governing Board, Federal Medical Center, Jalingo, Taraba State, a position he held until he resigned in 2022 to join the Labour Party where he contested and won the senatorial ticket of the Party in 2022.
On 25 February 2023, Ezea was elected as a senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, a position he held until he passed on.
Senator Ezea was a Member, Nigeria Bar Association Member, International Bar Association Member, Federation of International Freight Forwarders.
Senator Okey Ezea, popularly known as Ideke, who represents Enugu North Senatorial Zone, Enugu State, in the National Assembly has passed on.
Ezea died in a Lagos Hospital on Tuesday night, according to sources close to the family.
The source said his corpse was deposited to the morgue early this morning.
Ezea was known for his uprightness and honesty who did so much for the development of his senatorial zone.
He was a philanthropist who empowered many people from his senatorial zone in Enugu state.
Ezea attended Community Primary School, Umachi in Enugu-Ezike, and Nsukka High School in Nsukka for his primary and secondary education respectively.
He was a graduate of University of Nigeria, Nsukka where he studied political science, graduating with BSc in 1986
Born on 11 August 1963, Ezea also holds a bachelor’s degree in law (LL.B) and a master’s degree in law (LL.M) from the prestigious University of Lagos, Akoka.
Ezea is currently a doctoral student at the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of Lagos.
He also worked in the Nigerian Customs Service where he served meritoriously before voluntarily retiring as a Deputy Superintendent of Customs in 1994.
He later founded an intermodal international logistics company named Ideke Shipping Limited which since inception has been a major player in the logistics subsector of Nigeria’s oil and gas industry.
Between 1995 and 2018, Ideke Shipping provided a number of intermodal logistics services to several multinational companies and International Oil Companies (IOCs) operating in Nigeria, including SHELL BP, Chevron, Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited, Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Ltd, NNPC, etc. Ezea also subsequently founded a number of other blue chip companies, including Ideke Engineering Limited, Ideke Overseas Limited, Damik Ventures Limited, Damik Security Limited.
Ezea joined active party politics and thereafter rose to become the Labour Party gubernatorial candidate for Enugu State in the elections of that year.
In 2013, he co-founded the APC in Enugu, culminating in his becoming the gubernatorial candidate of the Party in the 2015 gubernatorial election in the State.
In 2018, Ezea was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari as the Chairman, Governing Board, Federal Medical Center, Jalingo, Taraba State, a position he held until he resigned in 2022 to join the Labour Party where he contested and won the senatorial ticket of the Party in 2022.
On 25 February 2023, Ezea was elected as a senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, a position he held until he passed on.
Senator Ezea was a Member, Nigeria Bar Association Member, International Bar Association Member, Federation of International Freight Forwarders.
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