Ubah Patrick Ifeanyi

Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah (3 September 1971 – 26 July 2024) was a Nigerian politician and businessman who served as the senator representing Anambra South senatorial district from 2019 until his death on 26 July 2024.

He was the CEO of Capital Oil (CCO), which he founded in 2001. Ifeanyi was born as the first son of seven children to Mr. & 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 Premier Academy, Lugbe, Abuja, to learn trade at a young age.

He attended several local and international business courses and seminars in leadership and business management.

Ifeanyi became an importer of motor tyres and spare parts majorly in West Africa including Ghana, Sierra Leone, Liberia; but also in DR Congo. Then he expanded his business ventures in some countries in Europe including Belgium and the United Kingdom.

In 2001, he founded Capital Oil and Gas Limited. He was the founder of The Authority Newspaper, a Nigerian daily newspaper, and also the owner of Ifeanyi Ubah F.C., a football club in the Nigeria Premier League, after purchasing Gabros International Football Club.

In 2014, Ifeanyi Ubah lost at the 2014 Anambra gubernatorial election under the Labour Party platform.

On 24 February 2019, he was declared the winner of the Anambra South Senatorial elections under the Young Progressive Party (YPP) but later defected to the All Progressive Congress (APC). He had declared his interest in contesting the Anambra gubernatorial election on the APC platform in 2025.

Ifeanyi Ubah was married to Uchenna Ubah, a Business Administration graduate from Ahmadu Bello University in Nigeria, with whom he had five children. He also ran the Ifeanyi Ubah Foundation.

In September 2022, Ubah was attacked by gunmen in Enugwu-Ukwu, Anambra State, while on his way to Nnewi. His convoy was shot at, with at least five persons, including two policemen, killed. Ubah survived as the vehicle he was riding in was bulletproof.

On 26 July 2024, Ubah reportedly died of cardiac arrest in London, at the age of 52. He reportedly departed Nigeria for the United Kingdom on 25 July. A close family source said he died in a hospital where he went for surgery.