Ita David Ikpeme is a retired Nigerian airforce group captain who served as the first Governor of Ondo State (February 1976 – July 1978) after it was carved out of the old Western State during the military regime of General Olusegun Obasanjo.
[1] Ita David Ikpeme obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of London.
[3] In December 1985 he was named as a suspect in a coup plot against the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida.
In 1997, he was one of the owners of Bailey Bridges Nigeria, which was proposing to operate a pontoon ferry across the Kwale River.
[6] He was also on the finance committee of the Efik National Association, which works to improve the health, social, and economic wellbeing of the people of Calabar.