Okechukwu Ezea
Okechukwu Ezea is a Nigerian lawyer, businessman, and politician. A member of the Labour Party, he is the senator representing the people of  Enugu North Senatorial District. He defeated the candidate of the People's Democratic Party, PDP, and the incumbent governor of Enugu State Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi. Ezea's win in the election is attributed to his commitment to deliver stellar leadership and representation to his people and his victory is recorded as one of the major political upsets in the 2023 general elections.

Education and career 
Ezea earned a Bachelor of Science in Political Science from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, and a law degree from Lagos State University, before proceeding to the Nigerian Law School after which he was called to the Nigerian Bar. He studied for a master's degree in Political Law at the University of Lagos. He is the executive director of Ideke Shipping Limited, a company he founded in 1993.

Politics 
Ezea joined politics in 2003 and ran for the office of governor of Enugu State in 2003 and 2007 but failed on both occasions. In 2015, he ran for the nomination of the All Progressives Congress, APC for governorship election but lost. He joined the Labour Party in the build-up to the 2023 elections and secured the nomination of the LP for Enugu North Senatorial District. In the February 25, 2023 elections, he polled 104,948 votes to beat his opponent and the incumbent governor of the state, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of the PDP who scored only 46,948 votes. His win over the candidate of the PDP marked the first time an opposition candidate would defeat the PDP in the state since the beginning of the Fourth Republic in 1999.

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Nigerian politicians
Labour Party (Nigeria) politicians
Nigerian lawyers
Nigerian business executives