Suleiman Saidu

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Suleiman Saidu
Governor of Rivers State
In office July 1978 – October 1979
Preceded by	Zamani Lekwot
Succeeded by	Melford Obiene Okilo
Personal details
Born	1942 Zaria

Navy Commander Suleiman Saidu was appointed military governor of Rivers State, Nigeria from July 1978 to October 1979 during the military regime of General Olusegun Obasanjo, handing over power to the elected civilian governor Melford Obiene Okilo at the start of the Nigerian Second Republic.^[1] Rear Admiral Suleiman Saidu was confirmed by General Sani Abacha as Chief of Naval Staff in September 1993.^[2] Later he was replaced by Rear Admiral Allison Madueke for the sake of ethnic balancing.^[3]

References

↑ "Nigeria States". WorldStatesmen. Retrieved 2010-04-01.
↑ Wale Fatade. "In the interim, a government in a fix". Daily Independent. Dawodu. Retrieved 2010-04-01.
↑ Nowa Omoigui. "Nigeria: The Palace Coup of November 17, 1993 - Part 2". Dawodu. Retrieved 2010-04-01.

v t e Governors of Rivers State

Alfred Diete-Spiff Zamani Lekwot Suleiman Saidu Melford Okilo Fidelis Oyakhilome Anthony Ukpo Ernest Olawunmi Adelaye Godwin Abbe Rufus Ada-George Dauda Musa Komo Musa Shehu Sam Ewang Peter Odili Celestine Omehia Rotimi Amaechi

State Governors in Nigeria during the Olusegun Obasanjo military regime (13 February 1976 – 1 October 1979)

Anambra	John Kpera Datti Abubakar

Bauchi	Mohammed Kaliel Garba Duba

Bendel	Husaini Abdullahi Abubakar Waziri

Benue	Abdullahi Shelleng Adebayo Lawal

Borno	Muhammadu Buhari Mustapha Amin Tunde Idiagbon

Cross River	Paul Omu Babatunde Elegbede

Gongola	Mohammed Jega Abdul Rahman Mamudu

Imo	Ndubuisi Kanu Adekunle Lawal Sunday Ajibade Adenihun

Kaduna	Muktar Muhammed Ibrahim Mahmud Alfa

Kano	Ishaya Shekari

Kwara	George Agbazika Innih Sunday Ifere

Lagos	Adekunle Lawal Ndubuisi Kanu Ebitu Ukiwe

Niger	Murtala Nyako Ebitu Ukiwe Joseph Oni

Ogun	Saidu Ayodele Balogun Harris Eghagha

Ondo	Ita David Ikpeme Sunday Tuoyo

Oyo	David Jemibewon Paul Tarfa

Plateau	Dan Suleiman Joshua Anaja

Rivers	Suleiman Saidu

Sokoto	Umaru Mohammed Gado Nasko

See also Governors of Nigerian States under General Murtala Muhammed (1975 - 1976) and State governors in the Nigerian Second Republic (1979 - 1983)

Persondata
Name	Saidu, Suleiman
Alternative names
Short description	Nigerian politician
Date of birth	1942
Place of birth	Zaria
Date of death
Place of death

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