Eze V. B. C. Onyema III (13 February 1927 – February/March 2024) was a Nigerian traditional ruler of Ogwu-Ikpele in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State, South Eastern from 1976 until his death in 2024.
[2] He was the successor to his father, Eze Onyema II, and one of three Patrons of the Anambra State Council of Traditional Rulers.
Young Eze Onyema III manned various managerial roles, moving between Port-Harcourt and countless other towns in Eastern Nigeria with his family prior to the civil war.
[4] In 1948, he had met and married Rebecca Nwanyiesigo Nnubia Okwuosa Onumonu, following a relentless bout of wooing spearheaded by his father Eze Onyema II and other family members.
In service to his people, Eze Onyema III was over the years a member and patron of various cultural institutions, associations, special committees, social clubs, and delegations.