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About David W. Eka
- David William Eka (born 20 May 1945) was the first stake president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in West Africa.
- He was president of the Aba, Nigeria Stake and is often regarded as one of the founding pioneer members of the church in Nigeria.
- Eka has also served as an area seventy and as a mission president in the LDS Church. Eka was born in Etinan, Nigeria.
- He committed to God that if he survived the Nigerian Civil War he would devote his life to serving others.
- He was first introduced to the LDS Church by his uncle in the early 1970s.
- He did not join the church then or when he went to England just after marrying Ekaete David in 1974.
- He often met LDS missionaries in England but did not then join the church.
- Eka got his bachelor's degree in electronics engineering from Teesside Polytechnic.After returning to Nigeria, Eka joined the LDS Church in September 1979, less than a year after the first LDS baptisms in Nigeria.
- Shortly after his baptism, he helped translate the Book of Mormon into Efik.Eka worked for Nigerian AGIP Oil Company Ltd.
- (NAOC) which he retired from as head of production support.Eka served as a branch president, counselor to a mission president, district president, and in 1988 became president of the newly organized Aba Nigeria Stake.In 1990, Eka became a Regional Representative of the Twelve Apostles.
- From 1997 to 2001 he served as an Area Authority Seventy.
- From 2001 to 2004 he served as president of the Nigeria Lagos Mission of the church.
- After the dedication of the Aba Nigeria Temple, Eka became a sealer in that temple.
- In April 2007, Eka was again called as an area seventy in the church.Eka and his wife Ekaete are the parents of seven children.
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