[1] Odagme was born in Baen community in Khana local government area of Rivers State.
He served as a house officer at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital from 2000 to 2001 before going on the one-year mandatory National Youth Service in 2002.
He worked briefly in the Department of Anaesthesia, Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital from 2011 to 2012.
He was transferred to the Department of Anaesthesia, Braithwaite Memorial Specialist Hospital where he worked as clinical coordinator from 2012 to 2014.
He rose to become Head of the Department of Anaesthesia, a position he held until his appointment as Rivers State Commissioner of Health in December 2015.