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Allen Onyema Biography
Allen Ifechukwu Onyema was born in 1964, He is a Nigerian lawyer and entrepreneur.
Allen Onyema is the chief executive officer of Air Peace, which he established in 2013.
Early Life and Education
He was born in March 1964 in Benin City to Michael and Helen Onyema as the first of nine children. He hails from Anambra State, Nigeria.
Allen studied law at the University of Ibadan and graduated in 1987. He attended the Nigerian Law School and was called to the Bar in 1989.
Allen Onyema attended several Schools including Government College, Ughelli, Delta state.
He left Government College in 1984 having obtained his Higher School Certificate and was directly offered admission to read law at Nigeria’s Premier University, The University of Ibadan in the same year.
It was in the University of Ibadan that his appetite for peace made him lead a group of nine other students to travel to the ancient city of Zaria to quell a raging religious and ethnic riot that claimed lives.
As a result of the publicity he and his colleagues received on return to their campus, their enthusiasm grew and this led to the formation of a group known then as Eminent Friends’ Group – a group formed with the objectives of promoting ethnic harmony amongst Nigeria’s diverse ethnic nationalities and fighting the incidence of violence of all forms.
Upon graduation from the university in 1987, he established branches of the organization in all the states of the federation.
While in the Nigerian law school in 1987, he combined his studies with social activism, bothering on engendering peace in Nigeria.
Allen Onyema Career
Allen Onyema moved to Lagos in 1990 after the completion of his undergraduate studies. However, his parents were never in support of his decision to head westward while his uncle, Capt. J.O.W. Onyema, who was a master marina, had also wanted him to work at Shell: an Oil and Gas Company.
He squatted at Oshodi, in Lagos State and moved to Lagos Island by rail in his early days as a Lawyer. Eventually, he met late Chief Vincent Amobi Nwizugbo, who employed his services at his chambers in Martins Street, Lagos Island.
After winning his first case in court, Allen Onyema was rewarded with a monthly salary of N500 at the time.
A few years later, he joined the real estate business and thrived so much that he decided to call it quits with some of his other endeavors, including the law firm where he was highly regarded.
Allen Onyema Awards
Africa Leadership Merit Award from Africa International News Magazine (2006).Martin Luther King Global Award for pioneering Nonviolence Education in West Africa (2007).Hope for Humanity Award from the Rotary Club.L&M leader of the month award for demonstration of compassion and meeting a need (2019).
Personal Life
Aged 26, Allen Onyema got married to his betrothed in 1993. His wife is from the Igala-speaking part of Kogi State.
Allen Onyema’s wife is known as Alice Ojochide Onyema. Their union is blessed with three boys and a girl.
Allen Onyema Net Worth
Allen Onyema is a Nigerian lawyer and entrepreneur. He has an estimated net worth of $3 millions.