Sam Omeruah
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Samson Emeka Omeruah (1943-2006) was a retired commodore of the Nigerian Air Force and a former three-time Minister for Information, Youth, Sport and Culture in Nigeria during the regime of Buhari, Sani Abacha and Abdulsalam Abubakar. He was once the chairman of Nigeria Football Association - Nigeria's top football governing body and still regarded as its most successful Chair. He was also the minister for Sports when the Nigerian Golden Eaglets took home the FIFA under 17 world championship cup. Apart from this, he championed the War Against Indiscipline (WAI) programme of the Buhari regime between January 1983 and August 1985. He was a committed Christian of the Methodist faith.
He was shockingly found dead in a rented London apartment on 4th December 2006.
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