Background
Igbeke, popularly known as Ubanese, was born in 1962 in Nsugbe to the north of Onitsha in Anambra State.
politician Member of the Senate of Nigeria
Igbeke, popularly known as Ubanese, was born in 1962 in Nsugbe to the north of Onitsha in Anambra State.
He studied in Nigeria and the United States of America, earning a Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering Sciences.
Returning to Nigeria he went into the contracting business, and became a successful businessman with properties in Onitsha and Lagos. Igbeke was a contender to be a PDP candidate for a seat in the House of Representatives in the 2003 elections, but failed to be nominated. He transferred to the Alliance for Democracy (AD) and ran for election on that platform, but lost to the PDP candidate.
Igbeke allegedly used his political connections to arrange for the election tribunal panel to agree that his name had been illegally removed from the PDP primaries and he was declared elected.
In the April 2007 election for the Senate seat of Anambra North, Igbeke ran on the ANPP platform. The Senate had resisted swearing him in on the grounds that an appeal was in progress, but eventually accepted the court"s decision.
The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) had strongly criticized the Senate leaders over the delay.
He is a members of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP).