Ike Awgu

Who is Ike Awgu?

Ike Jonathan Awgu is a Canadian politician. At the age of 19 he ran for Mayor in the 2003 municipal election, and finished third out of eight candidates with 2.92% of the vote. He planned on running for city council in the 2010 Ottawa municipal election in Bay Ward, but dropped out after sitting councillor Alex Cullen declared his intention for running for re-election.

After the municipal election, he became an editorial columnist for the Ottawa Sun newspaper. He went on to host X-Factor, a politics-oriented national television show on CPAC, in the summer of 2004. He has also been a columnist for the Globe and Mail newspaper.

Ike Awgu studied economics and law at Carleton University before going on to earn a law degree from Queen's University in 2008. In 2004 Awgu finished 4th place at the Canadian National Debating Championship.

Awgu returned to Ottawa in 2009 and is currently a lawyer and blogger with the Huffington Post. He has also made frequent appearances on HuffPost Live and has appeared on TVO's The Agenda with Steve Paikin.