Daniel Akintonde Explained

Daniel Akintonde
Office1:Administrator of Ogun State
Term Start1:9 December 1993
Term End1:22 August 1996
Predecessor1:Olusegun Osoba
Successor1:Sam Ewang

Colonel Daniel Akintonde (born November 21, 1949) in Plateau State. He hails from Ogbomoso, in Oyo State.[1] He was appointed Military Governor of Ogun State, Nigeria from December 1993 to August 1996 during the military regime of General Sani Abacha.[2] [3]

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.[4] Akintonde was among those arrested for involvement in the December 1997 alleged coup.[5] He was cleared of the charges on 20 April 1998.[6]

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.[7] 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.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: LT COL. DANIEL OLUKUNLE AKINTONDE – Ogun State Government Official Website . 2022-10-05 . 2023-02-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230203141338/https://archive.ogunstate.gov.ng/ogun-state/governors/akintonde/ . dead .
  2. Web site: Nigeria States . WorldStatesmen . 2010-03-03.
  3. Web site: admin . 2020-06-25 . ALL GOVERNORS OF OGUN STATE . 2022-03-30 . Glimpse Nigeria . en-US . 2022-08-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220810101737/https://www.glimpse.ng/all-governors-of-ogun-state/ . dead .
  4. Web site: Student's Handbook . Tai Solarin University of Education . 2010-03-03 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090625043236/http://www.tasuedu.org/tasuedweb/elibrary/docstore/TASUEDpub/Student%20Handbook . 2009-06-25 .
  5. Web site: 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 . 2010-03-03.
  6. Web site: Nigeria Country Assessment . United Nations High Commission for Refugees . April 2001 . 2010-03-03.
  7. Web site: OBASANJO HIRES & FIRES . https://archive.today/20121205021031/http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AlukoArchives/message/25 . dead . December 5, 2012 . NDM DEMOCRACY WATCH . July 1, 1999 . 2010-03-03.
  8. Web site: 1999 Annual Reports on the State of the Media in Nigeria . Media Right Agenda . January 2000 . 2010-03-03 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110723204943/http://www.mediarightsagenda.net/other%20publications/Annuall%20Report%20for%201999.pdf . 2011-07-23 .

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