Uma Ukpai

Uma Ukpai (7 January 1945 – 6 October 2025) was a Nigerian Christian leader, international evangelist and preacher. He was the founder and president of Uma Ukpai Evangelistic Association (UUEA), He was also a key leader of Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, being a founder of the movement.

Early life and education An Igbo man from Asaga in Ohafia, Abia State, For more than 30 years, the ministry has run a medical outreach whilst doing the work of God. Nsukka 2012, and Greater Ibadan for Christ 1982.

Medical outreach Ukpai was the chairman of Uma Ukpai Eye Centre, and King of Kings Hospital, a specialist hospital in Abia State, that services communities in Abia, Akwa Ibom and Cross River States. Uma Ukpai Polytechnic Asaga, Uma Ukpai Scholarship Foundation and Joseph business school, affiliate of Joseph business school Chicago, USA.

Personal life and death Ukpai was married to Philomena, a pastor. Their marriage produced eight children and an adopted child. Ukpai lost two of his children in a car collision on the same day.

Ukpai died on 6 October 2025, at the age of 80.