Alaowei Broderick Bozimo (born 21 January 1939) is a Nigerian lawyer who was appointed Minister of Police Affairs by President
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 presid ...
in July 2003.
In January 2007 the Ministries of Police Affairs and Internal Affairs were merged into the new Ministry of the Interior, and Bozimo became a Minister of State in the new ministry.
Bozimo was born on 21 January 1939, son of a wealthy
Ijaw Ijaw may refer to:
* Ijaw people
*Ijaw languages
The Izon languages (), otherwise known as the Ịjọ languages, are the languages spoken by the Izon people in southern Nigeria.
Classification
The Ijo languages were traditionally considered a ...
businessman, Chief Jonah Oyandongha Bozimo.
His father was the first secretary of Western Ijaw division and later the president of the customary court in
Bomadi
Bomadi is an Ijaw local government area in Delta State, Nigeria. The town lies on the bank of the Forcados River.
It has eleven communities, namely: Ogriagbene, Esanma, Akugbene, Ogbein-ama, Bomadi, Kpakiama, Ekamuta-gbene, Azebiri, Ogodobi ...
.
Bozimo attended
Urhobo College Effurun
Effurun is a town and the headquarters of Uvwie Local Government Area in Delta State, Nigeria. It is an Urban center, densely populated with different infrastructural development. it borders it's twin city Warri, also serves as an entra ...
, Delta State for his secondary education.
His wife is
Rosaline Bozimo, who was his partner in the law firm Broderick Bozimo & Co and later become the Chief Judge of
Delta State.
In May 2008 he denied rumors that he had accepted N17m as share of some alleged deal. He stated that the money had been given him as a minister to pay for emergency medical treatment in London.
References
1939 births
Living people
Ijaw people
Federal ministers of Nigeria
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