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 (born November 21,1949) in Plateau State. He hails from Ogbomoso,in Oyo State. [1] He was appointed Military Governor of Ogun State,Nigeria from December 1993 to August 1996 during the military regime of General Sani Abacha. [2] [3]
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. [4] Akintonde was among those arrested for involvement in the December 1997 alleged coup. [5] He was cleared of the charges on 20 April 1998. [6]
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. [7] 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. [8]
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