Samuel Osaigbovo OGBEMUDIA

Soldier, Administrator, Elder statesman

CON, retired soldier, administrator; b: September 17, 1932; ht: Benin City; State of Origin: Edo; married: 1955; No of Children : two son, eight daughter; Education: Benin Baptist School, 1940-45; Government School, Victoria, British Cameroon, 1945-47; Western Boys' High School, Benin, 1947-51. Career: Enlisted in the Nigerian Army, 1953; trained at Teshie, Ghana, 1957-,59; British School of Infantry, Nevhervon, Zimbabwe, 1959-60; Officer Cadet School, Aldershot, England, 1960-62; Army Special Warfare School, Fort Bragg, South Carolina, USA, 1962-63; served in the United Nations Peace-Keeping Force, Congo, 1963-64; Major, 1964; Instructor, Chief Instructor, Nigerian Military Training College, 1965-66; Brigade Major, 1st Brigade, Kaduna, 1966; Commander, Military Station, Benin, 1966; Military Administrator, Midwest State (now Edo/Delta States), 1967; Lieutenant-Colonel and later Military Governor, Midwest State, 1967- 75; Colonel, 1969; Brigadier, 1975; ch. Ogbemudia Holdings Limited, Benin; Executive Governor, Bendel State, October-December 1983; ch, National Sports Commission, 1987-89; Board of Port-Harcourt Refinery, Presidential Committee is not problems of sports; : later Sole Administrator, Nigerian…