Godspower Ake | |
Birth Date: | 2 February 1940 |
Birth Place: | Erema Town, Ogba–Egbema–Ndoni |
Death Place: | Lagos University Teaching Hospital |
Office: | Chairman of the Rivers State People's Democratic Party |
Term Start: | 2008 |
Term End: | 2013 |
Predecessor: | Uche Secondus |
Office2: | Member of the Rivers State House of Assembly |
Constituency2: | Ahoada I |
Term Start2: | 1979 |
Term End2: | 1983 |
Predecessor2: | ?? |
Successor2: | ?? |
Spouse: | Christina Ake |
Godspower Umejuru Ake, (2 February 1940 – 8 August 2016) was a politician in Rivers State, Nigeria. He was a member of the Rivers State House of Assembly and a Deputy Speaker. from 1979 to 1983, representing the constituency of Ahoada I for the National Party of Nigeria.[1] He was the Special Adviser on Lands and Housing to Governor Peter Odili, a position he held from 1999 until 2007, and even combined this role with the position of the National Vice Chairman of the People's Democratic Party from 2004 to 2007. He became the third Chairman of the Rivers State People's Democratic Party in 2008 and served until 2013 when the High Court ordered him removed from office.[2]
Ake was born in Erema Town in Ogba–Egbema–Ndoni local government area of Rivers State. He was the first child of Robinson Ijeoma Ake and Margaret Nwanwinyioka Ake.