Ogboru was born in Port Harcourt on April 10, 1958. Ogboru began his schooling at the Municipal Primary School in Port Harcourt, but he later moved to Abraka to finish his study at a primary school.
His primary schooling, however, was completed at Oharisi Primary School in Ughelli. He studied at Ughelli’s Government College.
Great Ovedje Ogboru, a Nigerian businessman and politician, was the Alliance of Democracy, Democratic Peoples’ Party, and Labour Party’s candidate for governor of Delta State in the years 2003, 2007, and 2015.
He was born on April 10, 1958. In the 2019 Delta State governorship elections, he was also the All Progressives Congress’ (APC) gubernatorial nominee.
Great Ogboru is one of the wealthiest and most popular politicians. Great Ogboru has a net worth of $5 million, per our analysis of information from Wikipedia.
Between 1971 and 1975. He worked while serving as a teacher, earning an external advanced-level credential in 1980. He worked as a marketing officer for a Lagos-based fishing company in 1984.
He left the fishing company in 1987 and founded Fiogret Ltd, a private fishing company that later prospered and spread to some other African nations.
In addition to his involvement in the fishing industry at the time, he also started a furniture shop and a bureau de change in Warri.
After being implicated in Gideon Orkar’s botched coup attempt in April 1990, Ogboru fled the nation over the Seme border with the aid of his brother, Turner Ogboru.
Afterwards, the military government imprisoned Turner, bullied Ogboru’s siblings, and did nothing to stop soldiers from robbing him of his belongings. Ogboru first sought refuge in London before traveling to Angola and Namibia.
He worked as a marketing officer for a Lagos-based fishing company in 1984. He left the fishing company in 1987 and founded Fiogret Ltd, a private fishing company that later prospered and spread to some other African nations.
In addition to his involvement in the fishing industry at the time, he also started a furniture shop and a bureau de change in Warri.
After being implicated in Gideon Orkar’s botched coup attempt in April 1990, Ogboru fled the nation over the Seme border with the aid of his brother, Turner Ogboru.
Afterwards, the military government imprisoned Turner, bullied Ogboru’s siblings, and did nothing to stop soldiers from robbing him of his belongings. Ogboru first sought refuge in London before traveling to Angola and Namibia.
After his return to Nigeria in June 2000, Great Ogboru participated in the political process by founding the South-South Rainbow Coalition (SSRC).
In 2003, he established himself as a strong rival to Delta Governor James Ibori and ran for governor of Delta State under the banner of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Ogboru ran for governor in 2007 under the banner of the Democracy People Party (DPP) against Emmanuel Uduaghan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and again lost to Uduaghan in 2011 despite running under the Labour Party banner.
Great Ogboru ran for governor of Delta State in the 2015 election under the banner of the All Progressive Congress (APC). Ifeanyi Okowa of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) defeated him.
Ogboru, who ran under the All Progressive Congress (APC) banner in the 2019 Delta State governorship election, was defeated by Ifeanyi Okowa. According to our records, Great Ogboru married to Stella Ebi Ogboru. As of January 12, 2023, Great Ogboru’s is not dating anyone.
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