Doctor Okezie Ikpeazu was born on October 18, 1964, to the family of late Pa Ishmael and Deaconess Bessie Ikpeazu of Umuebere in Umuobiakwa village, Isialaukwu, Mbato Autonomous Community in Obingwa Local Government Area of Abia State, Nigeria.
Doctor Ikpeazu attended Amaise Central Primary School, Umuobiakwa.
He was elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In 1973, while in primary five, he gained admission into Eziama High School, Aba and later moved to Ihie High School, Isiala Ngwa where he took his School certificate examination in 1979. In 1980, at the age of 16, he gained admission into the University of Maiduguri to study Clinical Biochemistry and graduated with a Bachelor of Science
(Honours) Second Class Upper Division in August, 1984.
From August 1984 to August 1985, Doctor Ikpeazu served as a clinical biochemist in the medical laboratory of the Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Portuguese Harcourt for his National youth service. He returned to the University of Maiduguri for an M.Sc degree in Biochemical Toxicology and graduated in 1990.
In 1994, at the age of 30, he obtained a doctorate degree, Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemical Pharmacology from the University of Calabar. Before joining politics, Ikpeazu had been a lecturer in several Nigerian educational institutions.
