Godspower Ake Explained

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]

Early life and education

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.

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Notes and References

  1. News: Amaechi hails Ex-Rivers PDP chair, Ake, says ‘I was governor by divine mandate’. Vanguard News. 30 October 2016. 29 October 2017.
  2. News: Nnamdi Felix. Court Sacks PDP Executives In Rivers State. 15 April 2013. P.M. News. 29 October 2017.