Ernest Olawunmi Adelaye Explained

Order: 
Office:Military Governor of Borno State
Term Start1:July 1988
Term End1:August 1990
Predecessor1:Anthony Ukpo
Successor1:Godwin Osagie Abbe
Birth Date:1942

Group Captain Ernest Olawunmi Adelaye was appointed military governor of Rivers State, Nigeria from July 1988 to August 1990 during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida.[1]

He signed the edict establishing the Rivers State Polytechnic on March 25, 1989 and performed the formal ceremony of the institution on May 19, 1990.[2]

He retired with the rank of air vice marshal.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nigeria States. World Statesmen. 2010-03-03.
  2. Web site: Rivers State Polytechnic, Bori. 2010-03-03. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110722232010/https://titan.apiit.edu.my/pagol/projectinfo.asp?txtID=TP013350. 2011-07-22.
  3. Web site: Ekiti people should close ranks. The Punch. 2004-11-24. 2010-03-03.