Delta – A former military governor of Kano state (1996 – 1998) Dominic Oneya, was on Thursday, August 5, reported dead at the age of 73 years. This was announced on Thursday by Abubakar Aminu Ibrahim, the media aide of Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, The Cable reports.
The retired Nigerian Army general was said to have died in his home in Effurun GRA in the Uvwie local government area of Delta state.
During his lifetime, late Onyeya also served as the military administrator of Benue state from 1998 to 1999, Leadership also reported. Onyena attended Baptist Academy, Yaba, Lagos from 1962 to 1967, and later enlisted in the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) in 1969 after which he was commissioned in the infantry corps in 1971.
