| Ita David Ikpeme | |
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| Office1: | Military Governor of Ondo State |
| Term Start1: | 3 February 1976 |
| Term End1: | 24 July 1978 |
| Predecessor1: | David Jemibewon (Western State) |
| Successor1: | Sunday Tuoyo |
Ita David Ikpeme is a retired Nigerian airforce group captain who served as the first Governor of Ondo State (February 1976 – July 1978) after it was carved out of the old Western State during the military regime of General Olusegun Obasanjo.[1]
Ita David Ikpeme obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of London.[2]
During his tenure as Governor of Ondo State, he initiated road construction in Akure, the Ondo State capital.[3]
In December 1985 he was named as a suspect in a coup plot against the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida.[4]
After retiring from the air force, he was active in business.In 1997, he was one of the owners of Bailey Bridges Nigeria, which was proposing to operate a pontoon ferry across the Kwale River.[5] In 2009, he was on the board of directors of Ekondo Microfinance Bank.[2] He was chairman of Davandy Finance & Securities Ltd, a financial service company incorporated in 1997.[6] He was also on the finance committee of the Efik National Association, which works to improve the health, social, and economic wellbeing of the people of Calabar.[7]
His wife, Benedicta Tinuade Ikpeme, died aged 73 in March 2009.[8]