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class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />July 1975 – July 1978</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Uduokaha_Esuene" class="mw-redirect" title="Uduokaha Esuene">Uduokaha Esuene</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Babatunde_Elegbede" title="Babatunde Elegbede">Babatunde Elegbede</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">July 1940 (age 84)<br />Igbide, <a href="/wiki/Bendel_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Bendel State">Bendel State</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Military service</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Branch/service</th><td class="infobox-data"><span 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Omu.ogg">ⓘ</a></sup></span></span> (born July 1940) was <a href="/wiki/Governor" title="Governor">Military Governor</a> of <a href="/wiki/South-Eastern_State,_Nigeria" class="mw-redirect" title="South-Eastern State, Nigeria">South-Eastern State, Nigeria</a> (renamed <a href="/wiki/Cross_River_State" title="Cross River State">Cross River State</a> in February 1976) between July 1975 and July 1978 during the military regimes of <a href="/wiki/General_officer" title="General officer">Generals</a> <a href="/wiki/Murtala_Muhammed" title="Murtala Muhammed">Murtala Muhammed</a> and <a href="/wiki/Olusegun_Obasanjo" title="Olusegun Obasanjo">Olusegun Obasanjo</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-google_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-google-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Reporters_2020_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reporters_2020-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Military_career">Military career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Omu&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Military career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Omu joined the army on December 10, 1962, and was a course mate to <a href="/wiki/Ibrahim_Babangida" title="Ibrahim Babangida">Ibrahim Babangida</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sani_Bello" title="Sani Bello">Sani Bello</a> and <a href="/wiki/Garba_Duba" title="Garba Duba">Garba Duba</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Nigerian_Defence_Academy" title="Nigerian Defence Academy">Nigeria Military Training College</a>. He attended the <a href="/wiki/Mons_Officer_Cadet_School" title="Mons Officer Cadet School">Mons Officer Cadet School</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aldershot" title="Aldershot">Aldershot</a> in the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> and was commissioned on July 25, 1963. He was Commander, 33 Infantry Brigade in July 1975, when appointed Governor of South-Eastern State.<sup id="cite_ref-dawodu_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dawodu-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1984, the <a href="/wiki/Muhammadu_Buhari" title="Muhammadu Buhari">Muhammadu Buhari</a> regime created military tribunals to try public officers from the <a href="/wiki/Shehu_Shagari" title="Shehu Shagari">Shehu Shagari</a> era who had been accused of embezzling public funds. Omu was appointed chairman of the Lagos Zone tribunal.<sup id="cite_ref-gamji_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gamji-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The tribunal found most of the politicians guilty, handing out jail sentences of various terms.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In September 1985 Omu was Commandant, Command and Staff College and a member of the <a href="/wiki/Armed_Forces_Ruling_Council_(Nigeria)" title="Armed Forces Ruling Council (Nigeria)">Armed Forces Ruling Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-gamji_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gamji-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When General Ibrahim Babangida decided to plan for the transfer to civilian rule, he appointed Omu chairman of a nine-man panel to review recommendations of the Political Bureau and draft a White Paper on the transition.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Omu retired from the army with the rank of Major General on September 3, 1990 along with a large batch of senior officers in the months following the April 1990 Orkar/Mukoro coup attempt, although he was not implicated in the coup.<sup id="cite_ref-dawodu_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dawodu-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_career">Later career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Omu&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Later career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1999, his wife <a href="/wiki/Stella_Omu" title="Stella Omu">Stella Omu</a> was elected National Senator for the Delta South constituency of <a href="/wiki/Delta_State" title="Delta State">Delta State</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2008, Omu was head of the South-South reconciliation committee of the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Democratic_Party_(Nigeria)" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)">People's Democratic Party</a>, set up to resolve differences among factions of the party.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In July 2008, Delta State Governor <a href="/wiki/Emmanuel_Uduaghan" title="Emmanuel Uduaghan">Emmanuel Uduaghan</a> appointed Omu a member of the Delta State Vision 2020 Council, charged with articulating the vision and long term development plan for the state.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In September 2009 President <a href="/wiki/Umaru_Musa_Yar%27Adua" title="Umaru Musa Yar'Adua">Umaru Musa Yar'Adua</a> appointed Omu chairman of the 10-member Governing Board of the <a href="/wiki/National_Institute_of_Policy_and_Strategic_Studies" class="mw-redirect" title="National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies">National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies</a> (NIPSS), charged with reviewing the law of the institution.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Omu was inaugurated as the president general of the <a href="/wiki/Isoko_Development_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Isoko Development Union">Isoko Development Union</a> (IDU) which is the umbrella organisation of the Isoko speaking peoples of the Niger delta region of Delta State, Nigeria, to preside over issues involving the Isoko nation, Delta State, and Nigeria in general. 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Lekwot</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cross_River_State" title="Cross River State">South-Eastern State</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">Lt-Colonel <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Paul Omu</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Western_State_(Nigeria)" title="Western State (Nigeria)">Western State</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">Navy Captain <a href="/wiki/Akintunde_Aduwo" title="Akintunde Aduwo">Akintunde Aduwo</a><br />Colonel <a href="/wiki/David_Jemibewon" title="David Jemibewon">David Jemibewon</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>See also <a href="/wiki/Military_Governors_in_Nigeria_during_the_Yakubu_Gowon_regime" title="Military Governors in Nigeria during the Yakubu Gowon regime">Military Governors in Nigeria during the Yakubu Gowon regime (1967 - 1975)</a> and <a href="/wiki/Military_Governors_in_Nigeria_during_the_Olusegun_Obasanjo_regime" title="Military Governors in Nigeria during the Olusegun Obasanjo regime">Military Governors in Nigeria during the Olusegun Obasanjo regime (1976 – 1979)</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Military_Governors_in_Nigeria_during_the_Olusegun_Obasanjo_regime_(13_February_1976_–_1_October_1979)" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" 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