Daniel Akintonde | |
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Administrator of Ogun State | |
In office 9 December 1993 – 22 August 1996 | |
Preceded by | Olusegun Osoba |
Succeeded by | Sam Ewang |
Colonel Daniel Akintonde was appointed Military Governor of Ogun State, Nigeria from December 1993 to August 1996 during the military regime of General Sani Abacha.[1]
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.[2] Akintonde was among those arrested for involvement in the December 1997 alleged coup.[3] On 20 April 1998 it was announced that he had been cleared of the charges.[4]
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.[5] 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.[6]
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- ↑ "Nigeria States". WorldStatesmen. http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Nigeria_federal_states.htm. Retrieved 2010-03-03.
- ↑ "Student's Handbook". Tai Solarin University of Education. http://www.tasuedu.org/tasuedweb/elibrary/docstore/TASUEDpub/Student%20Handbook. Retrieved 2010-03-03.
- ↑ "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. http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/topic,4565c2252c,4565c25f389,3ae6ad056c,0.html. Retrieved 2010-03-03.
- ↑ "Nigeria Country Assessment". United Nations High Commission for Refugees. April 2001. http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/pdfid/3ae6a6924.pdf. Retrieved 2010-03-03.
- ↑ "OBASANJO HIRES & FIRES". NDM DEMOCRACY WATCH. July 1, 1999. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AlukoArchives/message/25. Retrieved 2010-03-03.
- ↑ "1999 Annual Reports on the State of the Media in Nigeria". Media Right Agenda. January 2000. http://www.mediarightsagenda.net/other%20publications/Annuall%20Report%20for%201999.pdf. Retrieved 2010-03-03.
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