Augustine Aniebo

General (retired) Augustine Aniebo (born March 23, 1950), was the Military Administrator of Borno State, Nigeria during the military regime of General Sani Abacha.He then became Administrator of Kogi State, Nigeria from August 1998 to 29 May 1999 during the transitional regime of General Abdulsalami Abubakar, handing over to the elected civilian governor Abubakar Audu on May 29, 1999 at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic.[2]

Augustine Aniebo
Military Administrator of Borno State
In office
1997 – August 1998
Preceded byVictor Ozodinobi
Succeeded byLawal Haruna
Military Administrator of Kogi State
In office
August 1998 – May 1999
Preceded byBzigu Afakirya
Succeeded byAbubakar Audu
Personal details
Born (1950-03-23) 23 March 1950[1]
Umunze, Orumba South LGA, Anambra State, Nigeria
NationalityNigerian
Military service
Allegiance Nigeria
Branch/service Nigerian Army
RankBrigadier General

Borno State Administrator

In May 1997, Nigerian security agents, working with Islamic leaders stormed a Christian church in Maiduguri, Borno State and ejected the pastor and church members. The church leaders appealed to Aniebo to act quickly to avoid a religious crisis.[3] In 1998, he said that the Borno State task force against smuggling had been strengthened to reduce cross-border smuggling of petroleum products to neighboring countries.[4]

Kogi State Administrator

Appointed administrator of Kogi State in August 1998, Aniebo left office on 29 May 1999 without swearing in his successor, handing over by proxy.[5] [6][7][8][9]

References
  1. "Our Profile". The King of Kings Search. Archived from the original on March 4, 2012. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
  2. "Administration to date". Kogi State Government. Archived from the original on July 24, 2011. Retrieved July 7, 2010.
  3. "Security Agents Eject Christians from Nigerian Church". Compass Direct. July 1, 1997. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
  4. West Africa, Issues 4180-4189. Afrimedia International. 1998. p. 294.
  5. Ralph Omololu Agbana (July 7, 2000). "Back on stage, Audu tackles Kogi's problems". The Guardian. Retrieved July 7, 2010.
  6. Chuks Ehirim (June 28, 1999). "Probing The MILADs". The News. Archived from the original on October 15, 2012. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
  7. Eddy Odivwri (May 24, 2003). "Streaks and Freaks of a Hand-Over Season". ThisDay. Archived from the original on January 13, 2005. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
  8. Pius Adesanmi (May 12, 2010). "Little Ends: Bayo Ojo's ambition in Kogi State". Next. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 7, 2010.
  9. Alao Abiodun (February 2000). "Security Reform in Democratic Nigeria" (PDF). King's College, London. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2012. Retrieved May 18, 2010.


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