Ozo-Mekuri Ndimele is an academic and is the former Vice chancellor of Ignatius Ajuru University of Education after being appointed by the governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike on 23 November 2016.
[1] Ndimele was born 13 August 1963 at Akirika, Etche Local Government Area in Rivers State in Nigeria.
He obtained a bachelor's degree at University of Port Harcourt and earned his PhD in comparative syntax in 1991 at the same institution.
[3] He served as acting head of the Department for Linguistic and Communication Studies from 1998 to 2005.
He was a member of the Rivers State scholarship board, Transition committee of administration.