Placid Njoku (born 10 February 1947) is a Nigerian politician who currently serves as the Deputy Governor of Imo State. He was instated alongside his running mate

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(the governor) by the verdict of the

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annulling the election of incumbent

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. Placid Njoku earlier served as the first Vice-Chancellor of

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in Abia State.

First years

He is a native of Ikeduru LGA in Owerri,

Imo State Imo State ( ig, Ȯra Imo) is a States of Nigeria, state in the South East (Nigeria), South-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered to the north by Anambra State, Rivers State to the west and south, and Abia State to the east. It takes its n ...

. Njoku went and graduated from

, Imo State and he later worked in the institution and emerged as the first Vice Chancellor of the University. He gained prominence from there.

Politics

Placid Njoku was chosen as a

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amongst four other candidates in the Imo State APC.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Njoku, Placid 1947 births Living people Imo State politicians Deputy Governors of Nigeria Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian universities Michael Okpara University of Agriculture faculty All Progressives Congress politicians