Saint John's College
Patrick Chukwuma Nzeogwu was born in Kaduna the capital of the Northern Region to Igbo parents of the Anioma people in Okpanam Town of the Mid-Western Region (near Asaba in present-day Delta State). Nzeogwu attended Saint Joseph's Catholic Primary School in Kaduna for his elementary education and for his secondary education attended the competitive Saint John's College in Kaduna, where he became close friends with Christian Anufuro.