Anthony Udofia Explained

Anthony Udofia
Office1:Military Administrator of Osun State
Term Start1:9 December 1993
Term End1:22 August 1996
Predecessor1:Isiaka Adetunji Adeleke
Successor1:Anthony Obi

Navy Captain (retired) Anthony Udofia served as Administrator of Osun State, Nigeria from December 1993 to August 1996 during the military regime of General Sani Abacha.[1] He was reported to have harassed his predecessor, Isiaka Adetunji Adeleke, stalling his business plans and bugging his telephones.[2] He set up a four-man judicial panel of inquiry, convened on 18 April 1994, to investigate allegations that Adeleke had ordered materials bought for water projects to be sold off to contractors.[3] A severe rainstorm in September 1994 destroyed 400 school buildings across the state. Udofia said that N1 billion would be needed to rehabilitate the schools.[4]

As a former military administrator, he was required to retire from the navy in June 1999 at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nigeria States . WorldStatesmen . 2010-05-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20100528072649/http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Nigeria_federal_states.htm. 28 May 2010 . live.
  2. Web site: Adeleke: Central Issue in Osun Politics . Olumide Lawal . ThisDay . 2001-08-31 . 2010-05-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050915194645/http://www.thisdayonline.com/archive/2001/08/31/20010831pol06.html . 2005-09-15 . dead .
  3. Web site: Osun State Mega Loans: An Over-view By Chief Bisi Akande . May 6, 2010 . Bankole Alao David . . 2010-05-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100511012941/http://www.osundefender.org/?p=9125 . 11 May 2010 . dead .
  4. Book: 122 . International perspectives on teaching about hazards and disasters . John Lidstone . Multilingual Matters . 1996 . 1-873150-19-9.
  5. Web site: OBASANJO HIRES & FIRES . https://archive.today/20121205021031/http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AlukoArchives/message/25 . dead . December 5, 2012 . NIGERIAN DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT (NDM) . NDM DEMOCRACY WATCH 1999/03 . July 1, 1999 . 2010-04-22.