predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place family party profession office birth_date term_start spouse article_title term_end name
sunday ajibade adenihun ike nwachukwu january 6 , 2004 -lrb- aged 73 -rrb- avutu , obowu avutu , obowu lga chidi mbakwe nigerian people 's party -lrb- npp -rrb- lawyer , political scientist governor of imo state 1929 october 1 , 1979 victoria ahuikpeghe ugwoji and late florence nwaeruru egbuka sam mbakwe
 december 31 , 1983 samuel onunaka mbakwe
sam mbakwe

samuel `` sam '' onunaka mbakwe -lrb- 1929 -- january 5 , 2004 -rrb- was an igbo politician and governor of imo state , southern nigeria from october 1 , 1979 until december 31 , 1983 .
the sam mbakwe international cargo airport , which is located in owerri , the state capital , was renamed after him .
in 1981 , sam mbakwe set up imo state university .
the campus was located in a territory that was ceded to abia state in 1991 and was re-christened abia state university .
however , imo state university acquired a new campus in owerri and still exist .
