Ikechukwu Emetu
{{Short description|Nigerian politician and engineer (born 1984)}}
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| name = Ikechukwu Emetu
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| office = Deputy Governor of Abia State
| governor = Alex Otti
| term_start = 29 May 2023
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| predecessor = Ude Oko Chukwu
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| birth_name = Ikechukwu Lekwachi Emetu
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|04|09|df=y}}
| birth_place = Ohafia, Imo State (now in Abia State), Nigeria
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| party = Labour Party
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| alma_mater = Federal University of Technology Owerri
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Ikechukwu Lekwachi Emetu (born 09 April 1984) is a Nigerian engineer and politician who has served as deputy governor of Abia State since 2023.{{cite web|title=Abia 2023: LP's Alex Otti selects 38-year-oĺd Emetu as running mate|date=24 August 2022|first=Wale|last=Odunsi|url=https://dailypost.ng/2022/08/24/abia-2023-lps-alex-otti-selects-38-year-old-emetu-as-running-mate/|access-date=5 April 2023|website=Daily Post}}
Life and career
Emetu is from Ohafia.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-08-24 |title=Abia Governorship: Alex Otti Unveils 38-Year-Old As Running Mate |url=https://gazettengr.com/abia-governorship-alex-otti-unveils-38-year-old-as-running-mate/ |access-date=2023-04-07 |website=Peoples Gazette |language=en-US}} He is a petrochemical engineer. According to govornor Alex Otti in a press briefing released by the News Agency of Nigeria, Emetu was picked because of his "youth, his outstanding community development service and humanitarian gestures". He received his certificate of return on 29 March 2023.{{Cite web |title=Otti Receives Certificate of Return, Pledges Not to Disappoint Abians – THISDAYLIVE |url=https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2023/03/30/otti-receives-certificate-of-return-pledges-not-to-disappoint-abians/amp/ |access-date=2023-04-07 |website=This Day}}{{Cite web |date=2023-03-29 |title=Abia State Governor-Elect, Alex Otti Receives Certificate of Return {{!}} AIT LIVE |url=https://ait.live/abia-state-governor-elect-alex-otti-receives-certificate-of-return/ |access-date=2023-04-07 |website=Africa Independent Television |language=en-US}}
References
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Category:21st-century Nigerian politicians
Category:People from Abia State
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