Eke was recruited by the head coach of the Michigan Wolverines men's gymnastics team during the 2013–14 academic year.[6] He then joined the team in 2016. During his first three seasons, he competed on the pommel horse, the horizontal bar, and the parallel bars. He missed his senior season due to a shoulder injury and earned a redshirt year for the 2020 season.[5][7]
Eke represented Nigeria at the 2019 African Games where he won the gold medal on the pommel horse, becoming the first Nigerian gymnast to win gold at the African Games. He also won the bronze medal on the parallel bars.[3][8][9] At the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, he competed on the pommel horse, parallel bars, and horizontal bar, but he did not advance into any event finals.[10]
Eke competed for Michigan on the pommel horse, vault, parallel bars, and horizontal bar during the 2020 season as a graduate student, but the end of the season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. He was named to the Academic All-Big Ten team and was named a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar.[2][5][6]