Emeh James Anyalekwa

Emeh James Anyalekwa (born 27 March 1982) is a journalist. He is the founder and executive director of popular media outlet, Igbere TV.
== Early life and education ==
Anyalekwa was born on 27th March, 1982 in Aba, Abia, the commercial city of Abia State. He hails from Igbere, Bende Local Government Area of Abia. He started his education at Railway Halt Primary School, and Sacred Heart College - both in Aba - before gaining admission to study Political Science and Public Administration at the University of Port Harcourt, in Rivers State.
== Professional career ==
Years after his university education, Anyalekwa became a blogger after undergoing some training and taking the necessary professional courses in the industry. Anyalekwa obtained his website domain www.Igberetvnews.com in 2010 and started operating Igbere TV, an Abuja-based media outlet. 
Anyalekwa is currently the National President of Online Media Practitioners Association of Nigeria (OMPAN) and a Senior Special Assistant (Media) to the Senate Chief Whip and former Governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu.
== Igbere TV Awards ==
On November 28, 2019 Igbere TV organised the maiden "Leadership Excellence Awards" at the Sheraton Hotels, Abuja which saw captain of industries, sitting governors and senators, entertainers, actors/actress, serving ministers and presidential aides in attendance. 
The maiden show saw Dr. Godwin Maduka, founder of Las Vegas Pain Institute, United States emerging 2019 Man of the Year, while Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari was given award of integrity. Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State was named governor of the year.
== Controversies ==
=== DSS Abducts Anyalekwa ===
Anyalekwa was in 2016 abducted by men of the State Security Service (Nigeria) from his Uyo, Akwa Ibom residence in the presence of his wife and children over alleged anti-Buhari and pro-Biafra publications.
The men took away his laptops, phones, his wife’s phones and every digital device in sight after ransacking their apartment. It was believed that the Presidency wasn't happy with Anyalekwa over Igbere Tv’s persistent Biafra publications.
=== Arrest Order ===
In March, 2020 Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in Abuja ordered for the arrest of Anyalekwa, following a publication that appeared on his platform, Igbere TV.
The story, which was first published by "Nigerian Concord", claimed that the court had concluded plans to jail at all cost, a former Benue governor Gabriel Suswam, who is standing trial over alleged N3.1 billion fraud.
=== Anyalekwa Goes Missing ===
Days after the court ordered Igbere TV boss's arrest, Anyalekwa was declared missing March 12 precisely. He was allegedly taken away to an unknown destination where his abductors gained unfettered access to his media platform using his phone, deleting select publications and planting some stories targeted at influential individuals.
=== Rumored Death ===
Following the kidnap of Anyalekwa, several news outlets reported that the Igbere TV boss had been "murdered". This followed a publication later discovered to have been planted by his abductors on Igbere TV website with the caption, "Breaking: Igbere TV Boss Dead". It later turned out to be false.
Anyalekwa was found the following day March 13, 2020 in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) after which he was admitted at the hospital for medical attention
== References ==
Category:Living people
Category:Nigeria blogger
Category:People from Abia state