Eric Kelechi Igwe is a Nigerian lawyer and politician who served as deputy governor of

Ebonyi State Ebonyi () is a States of Nigeria, state in the South East (Nigeria), South-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered to the north and northeast by Benue State, Enugu State to the west, Cross River State to the east and southeast, and Abia Stat ...

from May 2015 to May 2023. He was born in Ndufu Alike in Ikwo,

Controversy

On March 8, 2022, Igwe and the governor Dave Umahi were sacked as Governor and Deputy Governor of Ebonyi State respectively by the Federal High Court in

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for defecting to the

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while in office. The court said that the popular votes given to Umahi belonged to the People's Democratic Party and by defecting from the party the office seizes to be theirs. The court immediately ordered the PDP to submit the name of their gubernatorial candidate to INEC or for a fresh gubernatorial election to be conducted in Ebonyi State.

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