Daniel Akintonde

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Daniel Akintonde
Administrator of Ogun State
In office
9 December 1993 – 22 August 1996
Preceded by Olusegun Osoba
Succeeded by Sam Ewang

Colonel Daniel Akintonde was appointed Military Governor of Ogun State, Nigeria from December 1993 to August 1996 during the military regime of General Sani Abacha.[1]

In 1994 Akintonde renamed the Ogun State College of Education to the Tai Solarin College of Education in honor of the late doctor Tai Solarin.[2] Akintonde was among those arrested for involvement in the December 1997 alleged coup.[3] On 20 April 1998 it was announced that he had been cleared of the charges.[4]

He was retired from the military in June 1999, along with all officers who had served as ministers, governors or administrators during the Babangida, Abacha and Abubakar regimes.[5] In August 1999 the Ogun State House of Assembly summoned Akintonde to answer questions about some contracts awarded during his tenure. Reporters were barred from the hearing.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Nigeria States". WorldStatesmen. Retrieved 2010-03-03. 
  2. ↑ "Student's Handbook". Tai Solarin University of Education. Retrieved 2010-03-03. 
  3. ↑ "Update to NGA31232.E of 9 February 1999 on the fate of those said to be involved in the alleged coup plot of December 1997". United Nations High Commission for Refugees. 1 July 1999. Retrieved 2010-03-03. 
  4. ↑ "Nigeria Country Assessment". United Nations High Commission for Refugees. April 2001. Retrieved 2010-03-03. 
  5. ↑ "OBASANJO HIRES & FIRES". NDM DEMOCRACY WATCH. July 1, 1999. Retrieved 2010-03-03. 
  6. ↑ "1999 Annual Reports on the State of the Media in Nigeria". Media Right Agenda. January 2000. Retrieved 2010-03-03. 
State Administrators in Nigeria during the Sani Abacha military regime (November 1993 - June 1998)
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