Chuka Odom

Odom started his career as Counsel-in-chamber at Tagbo Nwogu & Co Legal practitioners, Aba, Abia State between 1988 and 1990 and later Established Chuka Odom & Co, Legal Practitioners in 1990.

Odom ventured into politics in 1999 when he served as a campaign strategist for Orji Uzor Kalu's 1999 gubernatorial campaign and was appointed as Special Adviser, Special Duties to the former governor between 1999 and 2001.^[4] He later rose to become the Deputy Chief of Staff to the Governor, Commissioner for Special Duties, Abia State and between May 2007 to September 2007 he was made the Commissioner for Works, Housing and Urban Planning Imo State Government.^[5]

He became Honourable Minister of State for Environment, Housing and Urban Development of the Federal republic of Nigeria in 2007 - 2009^[6][7] and later became the Minister of State, Federal Capital Territory between 2009 and 2010.^[8][9][10] He vied unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives seat for Ikeduru Federal Constituency, Imo State in 2011.^[11]

In the 2015 general election, he declared his interest to run for the Governor of Imo state^[12][13][14] with an inclusive government^[15][16] if elected but lost the party nomination ticket to Emeka Ihedioha who later lost out to Rochas Okorocha of the All Progressive Congress at the 2015 gubernatorial election. After the 2019 general election in Imo state with the emergence of Emeka Ihedioha as the state governor, he was announced as a member of the transition committee.^{[17][18][19][20][21]}

Odom married Lady Adaku Celine Odom, (née Nwakibu) the managing director of The Lifestyle Group in 1990 and together they have 8 children.^[2][22]