Umeh Kalu
{{short description|Nigerian legal practitioner}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Umeh Kalu
|office = Attorney General of Abia State
|governor = Theodore Orji
Okezie Ikpeazu
|term_start = 2009
|term_end = 2019
|predecessor = Chief Solomon Ukaegbu Akuma
|successor = Uche Ihediwa
|birth_name =Umeh Kalu Ikwuonwu
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|08|05|df=yes}}
|birth_place = Ohafia, Abia State, Nigeria
|death_date =
|death_place =
|party = LP
|spouse =
|alma_mater = Imo State University
Nigerian Law School
|religion =
|occupation = Lawyer
}}
Umeh Kalu Ikwuonwu (born 5 August 1961) is a Nigerian legal practitioner. He served as the Attorney General of Abia State and Commissioner for Justice of Abia State.{{cite news|url=http://www.thenationonlineng.net/orji-is-building-enduring-legacy-for-abia-judiciary/|title=‘Orji is building enduring legacy for Abia judiciary’|work=The Nation|date=14 October 2012|access-date=26 September 2015}}
Early life and education
Umeh Kalu was born in Ohafia, Abia State where he went on to complete his primary and secondary education in 1972 and 1978 respectively. He obtained his Bachelor of Law certificate from Imo State University after he graduated in 1985. Umeh was called to the Bar in 1986 after attending the Nigerian Law School.{{cite news|url=http://www.notablenigerians.com/?p=2064|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927190516/http://www.notablenigerians.com/?p=2064|url-status=usurped|archive-date=27 September 2015|title=UMEH, Kalu Ikwuonwu,|publisher=Notable Nigerian|author=Michael Adigun|date=18 November 2014|access-date=26 September 2015}}
Career
Umeh Kalu served as the senior special assistant on legal matters to Theodore Orji before he was appointed as the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice of Abia State during the administrations of Theodore Orji and Okezie Ikpeazu in 2009 and 2015 respectively.
He contested in a failed bid for a seat in the Arochukwu/Bende/Ohafia Federal Constituency in the 2007 general elections.{{cite news|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201001190267.html|title=Nigeria: Death Scare of President Yar'Adua Over-Flogged -Umeh Kalu|work=Daily Independent|publisher=All Africa|access-date=26 September 2015}}
Umeh Kalu is presently a distinguished member of the Inner Bar as he was elevated to the Rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria in 2016.
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Category:People from Abia State
Category:Nigerian Law School alumni
Category:Imo State University alumni
Category:20th-century Nigerian lawyers
Category:Attorneys general of Abia State