 Ambassador Dr. Matthew Tawo Mbu, LL.B (Hons), LL.M.Ph.D., D.I.A (Lond), Barrister-at-Law of the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple (1959) and Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria (1960)

Matthew Tawo Mbu was born on 20 November 1929 in Okundi, Osokom Clan, Boki LGA, Cross River State to Chief Mbu Tawo and Madam Eshian Atim Tawo both members of the ruling Chieftaincy families of Osokom and Oku towns in Osokom Clan.His early education was at various Roman Catholic mission schools in Boki LGA, then Wolsey Hall, Oxford (postal tuition), University College London and the Middle Temple, London.