Lucky Mike Torey | |
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Office1: | Military Governor of Ondo State |
Term Start1: | December 1993 |
Term End1: | September 1994 |
Predecessor1: | Dele Olumilua |
Successor1: | Ahmed Usman |
Office2: | Military Governor of Enugu State |
Term Start2: | 14 September 1994 |
Term End2: | 22 August 1996 |
Predecessor2: | Temi Ejoor |
Successor2: | Sule Ahman |
Death Date: | 16 November 2013 |
Nationality: | Nigerian |
Allegiance: | Nigeria |
Branch: | Nigerian Army |
Rank: | Colonel |
Lucky Mike Torey was a Nigerian army officer who was appointed Military Administrator of Ondo State, Nigeria from December 1993 to September 1994, and then of Enugu State until August 1996 during the military regime of general Sani Abacha.[1] He died on 16 November 2013, after a brief illness.[2]
Colonel Lucky Mike Torey established the Enugu State Environmental Protection Agency in 1995.[3] In 1996, Torey stopped state government subventions to some of the Enugu State parastatals, including the Enugu State water corporation.[4]
In 2005, Torey was one of the aspirants to the Unuevworo traditional stool in Ekpan, Uvwie Local Government area of Delta State.[5] In March 2010, Torey chaired a ceremony where the Federal Government presented a Site Handing Over Certificate to H.O.B. Nigeria for a 430-unit housing project in Akure, Ondo State.[6]