[5] He completed his secondary education in 1975 with distinction in arts and sciences with a Grade One certificate.
[5] He studied at the University of Nigeria[3] under the tutelage of novelist Chinua Achebe and critic Donatus Nwoga from 1971 to 1979.
[5] He earned a Masters of Arts from UNN with a scholarship from the Imo state government in 1982.
[3][5] Ezenwa-Ohaeto began his teaching career in 1980 as an assistant lecturer at Ahmadu Bello University.
[5] He then taught at Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education as an assistant professor from 1992 to 1998 [5] and as a senior lecturer at Nnamdi Azikiwe University from 1998 until his death in 2005.