BRIEF PROFILE OF EZE ABBA.HRH IGWE SIR. L. N. EZEH
HRH Igwe Leonard Nwankwo Ezeh, was born in the year 1942, into the family of Eze Onwuanua Elisie of Iruoruka kindred in Ezi Abba village ,Abba Njikoka L.G.A. Anambra State.
He attended St. Augustine’s Primary School (C.M.S.) Abba and St.Emmanuel’s Primary School, Moroa River, PlateauState, where he graduated.
After his education, he was taken to Agyaragu, in Nasarawa State where he learnt to trade under Mr. Samuel Nwaebunu of Ukpo in Dunukofia L G A
In 1964, young Leonard Nwankwo Ezeh moved down to Onitsha, where he started timber business at UBA, Planks and Joists Association(UPJA), Ozomagala. The year 1976 was significant in his life. It was in 1976 that he was elected the Chairman of UPJA Ltd, Timber Market, a position he held for 10 uninterrupted years. It was in 1976, that young Leonard Ezeh was selected and installed the Traditional Ruler of ABBA. He was by then the youngest Traditional Ruler in AnambraState.
As his business grew, Igwe L.N.Ezeh, through God’s inspiration, opened a transport company registered as GOD BLESS EZENWATA NIG. LTD,Which aim was to assist the government in reducing the sufferings of the masses and providing employment opportunities? Today, the transport business has grown tremendously with a fleet of luxury buses plying all nooks and crannies of Nigeria. HRH IGWE SIR. L. N. EZEH is happily married with children.