Chinyere Ike Nwosu (born 21 November 1946) was a Nigerian Military Administrator of

Abia State Abia State ( ig, Ȯha Abia) is a state in the South-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, it is bordered to the north and northeast by the states of Enugu, and Ebonyi, Imo State to the west, Cross River State to the east, Akwa Ibom State to the ...

(December 1993 – September 1994) and then of

Oyo State Oyo State is an inland state in southwestern Nigeria. Its capital is Ibadan, the third most populous city in the country and formerly the second most populous city in Africa. Oyo State is bordered to the north by Kwara State, to the east by Osun ...

(September 1994 – August 1996) during the military regime of General

Sani Abacha Sani Abacha (20 September 1943 – 8 June 1998) was a Nigerian military officer and politician who ruled as the military head of state of Nigeria from 1993 until his death in 1998. He seized power on 17 November 1993 in the last successful c ...

. As Abia State governor, he was described as a very controversial administrator given to whimsical actions. In 1993, his wife Chinyere Nwosu established the Abia Less Privileged Organisation (ALPO), to assist women in gaining accommodation and skills. As governor of Oyo State, he upset the power balance of the traditional rulers by making the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba

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, permanent chairman of the Oyo State Council of Obas. Before then, the position had rotated between the three Obas. In March 1995, he ordered motorists and taxi passengers from their vehicles at the Egebda taxi and lorry motor park in

Ibadan Ibadan (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Oyo State, in Nigeria. It is the third-largest city by population in Nigeria after Lagos and Kano, with a total population of 3,649,000 as of 2021, and over 6 million people within its me ...

for violating the Oyo "Sanitation Day" exercise. His mobile court fined scores of travelers, and forced them to kneel in the hot sun. On April 25, Nwosu's aides attacked a bank manager in Ibadan after the banker's car almost collided with Nwosu's convoy, beating the man unconscious with rifle butts. In response to a strike threat, in February 1995, Nwosu ordered the closure of Broadcasting Corporation of Oyo State, and sacked the entire work force of the corporation. The September 1996 issues of Nigerian news magazines, ''Tell'' and ''This Week'' claimed that Nwosu "spent 16.875 million naira ($214,000) on himself between March 1995 and March 1996".

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Nigerian generals Living people Governors of Abia State Governors of Oyo State 1946 births Igbo politicians {{nigeria-politician-stub