Dr Alex Ekwueme
Dr Alex Ekwueme who was Vice President to President Shehu Shagari
was ousted in a coup staged by military officers led by Brigadier
Muhammadu Buhari on 31 December 1983.He attended the University of London; King’s College; Lagos,
Nigerian Law School; University of Strathclyde and University of
Washington.
He is the Ide of the Oko kingdom in Anambra State, where his younger brother, Lazarus, is the traditional ruler.
He was also honoured by the council of Traditional Rulers in the
old Aguata as the Ide of Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State
comprising forty-four (44) towns.
Ekwueme is a distinguished architect who started his professional
career as an Assistant Architect with a Seattle-based firm, Leo A. Daly
and Associates, and also with the London-based firm Nickson and
Partners.
He worked briefly with ESSO West Africa, Lagos, overseeing the Construction and Maintenance department.
He founded Ekwueme Associates, Architects and Town Planners, the first indigenous architectural firm in Nigeria.
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