Allison Amaechina Madueke (; born 1944) is a retired Nigerian naval officer. He served as Chief of the Naval Staff of Nigeria from 1993 to 1994, military governor of

Anambra State Anambra () is a States of Nigeria, state in Nigeria. It is located in the South East (Nigeria), South-eastern region of the country. The state was created on 27 August 1991. Anambra state is bounded by Delta State to the west, Imo State and Ri ...

from January 1984 to August 1985, and

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military governor from 1985 to 1986.

Background

Allison Madueke was born in 1944 in Agbariji-Inyi, Oji River,

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, and is of

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origin. He attended the Britannia Royal College, Dartmouth England and the School of Maritime Operations, Southwick. He became a Member of the

Royal Institute of Navigation The Royal Institute of Navigation (RIN) is a learned society and a professional body for navigation. The RIN was founded in 1947 as a forum for mariners, pilots, engineers and academics to compare their experiences and exchange information. Toda ...

, London (MRIN) and Member of the

Nautical Institute The Nautical Institute (NI) is an international professional organisation for maritime professionals, based in the United Kingdom. It was established in 1971 and has the status of a company limited by guarantee and is registered with the Charity ...

, London (MNI). He was later granted two honorary Doctorate degrees in Science from Enugu State University of Technology, and in Law from

Abia State University Abia State University Uturu (ABSU) is a Nigerian public university. It is one of the state-owned universities in Nigeria. These state academic institutions were created to expand admissions and bring professional skills, expertise and modern res ...

. He was also granted an honorary Doctorate degree in Science from the

University of Nigeria The University of Nigeria, commonly referred to as UNN, is a federal and public research university located in Nsukka, Enugu State, South-east Nigeria. Founded in 1955 by Nnamdi Azikiwe who was Governor-General of Nigeria between 1960 and 1963 ...

, Nsukka in 2010. His second wife

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was the first female director of Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria, later to become Nigeria's minister of transportation on 26 July 2007.

Naval career

Madueke studied at the

Nigerian Defense Academy The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) is a military university based in Kaduna, Nigeria, that trains officer cadets for commissioning into one of the three services of the Nigerian Armed Forces: the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force. The duration of ...

between 1964 and 1967. He served at the Embassy of Nigeria as Naval Attache in Washington DC, USA. After a military coup d'état overthrew civilian President

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on 31 December 1983, as Navy Captain he was appointed governor of

from January 1984 to August 1985, and then of

until 1986 during the military regimes of Generals

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and

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. Promoted to rear admiral, from 1993 to 1994 he served briefly as Chief of Naval Staff under General

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. He was sacked after a Supreme Military Council meeting in August 1994 where he supported the release of the elected civilian president

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, who had been imprisoned after the coup that brought Abacha to power.

Later career

After retiring from the navy, Madueke became Chairman of Radam Maritime Services Ltd., executive chairman of Interconnect Clearinghouse and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National ICT Merit Awards. He also was appointed to the boards of Regalia Nigeria Ltd, Excel E & P (Marginal Oil Fields) Ltd., Solid Rock Securities and Investments Ltd. and Image Consultants Ltd.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Madueke, Allison 1944 births Living people Governors of Anambra State Governors of Imo State Nigerian Defence Academy alumni University of Nigeria alumni People from Enugu State Abia State University alumni Igbo politicians Chiefs of Naval Staff (Nigeria)