John I. Ubah | |
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Military Administrator of Kebbi State | |
In office 22 August 1996 –August 1998 | |
Preceded by | Salihu Tunde Bello |
Succeeded by | Samaila Bature Chamah |
Personal details | |
Born | 17 October Agila,Benue State,Nigeria |
Died | 8 August 2024 |
Colonel John Ikwebe Paul Ubah was Administrator of Kebbi State in Nigeria from August 1996 to August 1998 during the military regime of General Sani Abacha. [1] He was born in Okpobla,Agila,Benue State. [2]
As Kebbi State governor,in January 1998 he threatened to sack the management of the Kebbi state radio station since it could still not be heard beyond a 10-kilometre radius. [3]
In 2001 he was one of the former military governors who declared the formation of the United Nigeria Development Forum (UNDF),a political lobby group. [4] John Ubah is the author of four poetry works - Songs of Lokoja,Where the Eagle Perches,Birds of Kebbi Land and Daybreak - and has contributed to several poetry anthologies. [2]
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