Preceded by Victor Ozodinobi Preceded by Bzigu Afakirya | Name Augustine Aniebo Succeeded by Lawal Haruna | |
Born 23 March 1950 (age 74)
Umunze, Orumba South LGA, Anambra State, Nigeria ( 1950-03-23 ) | ||
General (retired) Augustine Aniebo (born March 23, 1950) in Umunze Anambra State. He 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.
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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. 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.
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.