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The 1979 Imo State gubernatorial election occurred on July 28, 1979, in Nigeria. [1] NPP's Samuel Onunaka Mbakwe won election for a first term to become Imo State's first executive governor leading and, defeating main opposition, NPN's Collins Obi, [2] in the contest.
Samuel "Sam" Onunaka Mbakwe (1929 [1] – 5 January 2004) [2] also known as Dee Sam, [3] was an Igbo politician and first democratic governor of Imo State, south east Nigeria, from 1 October 1979 [2] until 31 December 1983. [4]
Sunday Ajibade Adenihun Listen ⓘ was appointed military governor of Imo State in Nigeria from July 1978 to October 1979 during the military regime of General Olusegun Obasanjo. [1] Adenihun was born on 12 March 1939 in Aduasa in Ghana. He attended the Baptist Boy's High School, Oyo from 1956 to 1960, after which he joined the Nigerian Army ...
This is a list of administrators and governors of Imo State, Nigeria. ... Oct 1979: Military: Samuel Onunaka Mbakwe [1] Governor 1 Oct 1979 31 Dec 1983 NPP:
In states like Imo State, leaders such as the governor, Sam Mbakwe were elected with landslide victories (over 80%) in the Imo State Legislative, Gubernatorial and Presidential Elections in Nigeria in 1979. In Imo State, the NPP Campaign Director, Party Secretary and principal architect in electing Sam Mbakwe, was Dr. Sebastian Okechukwu Mezu.
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Pages in category "1979 Nigeria gubernatorial elections" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. ... 1979 Imo State gubernatorial election; K.
The SAR Convention was adopted on 27 April 1979. [1] [5] It entered into force on 22 June 1985. [1] The Convention has been amended by IMO resolutions MSC.70(69) and MSC.155(78). [6] These respective amendments occurred in 1998 and in 2004 respectively. [7]