16 Facts About Ayogu Eze

Ayogu Eze was a Nigerian politician from Enugu Ezike, elected Senator for the Enugu North Senatorial District of Enugu State, taking office on 5 June 2007.

Ayogu Eze was later a member of the All Progressives Congress, APC but was elected to the senate under the People's Democratic Party.

Ayogu Eze proceeded to International Institute for Journalism, IIJ Berlin, Germany, where he graduated on top of the G55 student stream, comprising working journalists from about 14 African countries.

Ayogu Eze studied for a Master's Degree in Public Administration from the University of Lagos.

Ayogu Eze later headed the Advance Desk of the newspaper, charged with producing the first edition of The Guardian newspaper, circulated mainly in the eastern and northern parts of the country.

Ayogu Eze left the Platform Magazine in 1991 to join yet another flagship of the journalism profession, this time in the magazine sector.

Ayogu Eze joined the Newswatch magazine, easily Nigeria's most prestigious magazine, as Associate Editor in 1991, leaving there in 1992 to join the Enugu State government as Special Adviser in General Duties to Governor Okwesilieze Nwodo.

Ayogu Eze went into the private sector, trying his hand at the produce trade and the real estate business.

Ayogu Eze moved down to his home state of Enugu, in Nigeria's south eastern area, to join hands in midwifing the party in the state.

Ayogu Eze contested and won the position of state secretary, becoming the party's pioneer state secretary.

Ayogu Eze has been described as one of the most powerful of the senators.

Ayogu Eze competed successfully to be reelected Senator for Enugu North Senatorial District on the PDP platform in the April 2011 elections.

Ayogu Eze polled 86,220 votes, beating Mike Ajogwu of the Labour Party who got 27,139 votes.

Ayogu Eze contested the 2019 governorship election under the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC but withdrew from the election when the electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, omitted his name from the final list of candidates for the election, in the aftermath of intractable contrived intra-party legal tussle.

Ayogu Eze headed to the electoral tribunal to contest his exclusion from the election even after the court had restored his name as the party's Bona Fide candidate but was prevailed upon to stay the matter by traditional rulers and political leaders from Enugu State.

Ayogu Eze died at a hospital in Abuja, on 25 April 2024, at the age of 65.