Background
Keazor was born in Obosi, Eastern Nigeria (in what is now Anambra State) on 7 July 1907, to Justus Ikeazor Oboli I, a local chief and early convert to Christianity in Obosi.
Keazor was born in Obosi, Eastern Nigeria (in what is now Anambra State) on 7 July 1907, to Justus Ikeazor Oboli I, a local chief and early convert to Christianity in Obosi.
From 1959 until Nigeria"s independence the next year he held the most senior police rank ever held by an African in the British colony, retiring in 1964. lieutenant is also reputed that at many stages in his career, he was one of the most senior Indigenous Police Officers in the British Colonies. The young Keazor gained admission into the newly founded Obosi Community School and then Dennis Memorial Grammar School in Onitsha in 1920 at the age of 13.
Keazor joined the West African Constabulary Force around 1927 and was selected for Officer Training in London around 1947, assuming the rank of Assistant Superintendent.
Upon his return to Nigeria he was assigned Command of the Panti Street Police Command in Central Lagos, as Divisional Police Officer. He was selected for and attended the Funeral ceremony of King George VI as one of the representatives of the Colonial Police Force in February 1952
He distinguished himself in service as part of the police contingent of United Nations Peace-Keeping Force drafted to Congo-Kinshasa during the crisis of 1960.
He was an active member of the Boy Scouts of Nigeria and was selected for the Inaugural World Scout Jamboree in Olympia, London in 1920.
