Paul Ufuoma Omu (born July 1940) was
Military Governor
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of
South-Eastern State, Nigeria (renamed
Cross River State
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in February 1976) between July 1975 and July 1978 during the military regimes of
Generals
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In some usages the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colonel."general, adj. and n.". OED On ...
Murtala Muhammed
Murtala Ramat Muhammad (8 November 1938 – 13 February 1976) was a Nigerian general who led the 1966 Nigerian counter-coup in overthrowing the Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi military regime and featured prominently during the Nigerian Civil War ...
and
Olusegun Obasanjo
Chief Olusegun Matthew Okikiola Ogunboye Aremu Obasanjo, , ( ; yo, Olúṣẹ́gun Ọbásanjọ́ ; born 5 March 1937) is a Nigerian political and military leader who served as Nigeria's head of state from 1976 to 1979 and later as its pre ...
.
Military career
Omu joined the army on December 10, 1962, and was a course mate to
Ibrahim Babangida
Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (born 17 August, 1941) is a retired Nigerian Army general and politician. He served as military president of Nigeria from 1985 until his resignation in 1993. He rose through the ranks to serve from 1984 to 1985 as Ch ...
,
Sani Bello and
Garba Duba
Garba Duba (born 1942) is a retired Nigerian Army Lieutenant general who was Governor of Bauchi State, Nigeria from July 1978 to October 1979 during the military regime of General Olusegun Obasanjo, and Administrator of Sokoto State from January ...
at the
Nigeria Military Training College. He attended the
Mons Officer Cadet School
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,
Aldershot
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in the
United Kingdom and was commissioned on July 25, 1963. He was Commander, 33 Infantry Brigade in July 1975, when appointed Governor of South-Eastern State.
In 1984, the
Muhammadu Buhari regime created military tribunals to try public officers from the
Shehu Shagari
Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari (25 February 1925 – 28 December 2018), titled Turakin Sokoto from 1962, was the first democratically elected President of Nigeria, after the transfer of power by military head of state General Olusegun Obasanjo in ...
era who had been accused of embezzling public funds. Omu was appointed chairman of the Lagos Zone tribunal.
The tribunal found most of the politicians guilty, handing out jail sentences of various terms.
In September 1985 Omu was Commandant, Command and Staff College and a member of the
Armed Forces Ruling Council.
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When General Ibrahim Babangida decided to plan for the transfer to civilian rule, he appointed Omu chairman of a nine-man panel to review recommendations of the Political Bureau and draft a White Paper on the transition.
Omu retired from the army with the rank of Major General on September 3, 1990 along with a large batch of senior officers in the months following the April 1990 Orkar/Mukoro coup attempt, although he was not implicated in the coup.][
]
Later career
In 1999, his wife Stella Omu
Stella Unuezi Omu (born 22 December 1946) is a Nigerian politician who was elected Senator on the People's Democratic Party (PDP) platform in 1999 for the Delta South Senatorial District of Delta State.
Background
Omu is of Isoko origin.
She ...
was elected National Senator for the Delta South constituency of Delta State.
In April 2008, Omu was head of the South-South reconciliation committee of the People's Democratic Party, set up to resolve differences among factions of the party.
In July 2008, Delta State Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan
Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan (born 22 October 1954) was the Governor of Delta State from 2007 to 2015. He assumed office via an inconclusive election on 29 May 2007 and was a member of the People's Democratic Party (PDP). A medical doctor by p ...
appointed Omu a member of the Delta State Vision 2020 Council, charged with articulating the vision and long term development plan for the state.
In September 2009 President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua
Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (16 August 19515 May 2010) was a Nigerian politician who, was the President of Nigeria from 2007 to 2010. He was declared the winner of the Nigerian presidential election held on 21 April 2007, and was sworn in on 29 May 20 ...
appointed Omu chairman of the 10-member Governing Board of the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) in Kuru, Nigeria is a policy formation center for bureaucrats, private sector leaders, Army officers, and medium-rank and senior civil servants, which was founded in 1979. Most policymaker ...
(NIPSS), charged with reviewing the law of the institution.
References
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1940 births
Graduates of the Mons Officer Cadet School
Living people
Nigerian military governors of Cross River State
Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria) politicians