A former Military Administrator of Oyo State, Colonel Ahmed Usman, is dead, according to a report by Tribune newspaper.
Family sources told Tribune Online that Usman, aged 70 years, died around 3:00 a.m. on Wednesday in Jos, the Plateau State capital, from an illness.
One of his nephews said: “Oga is gone. We lost him this morning.”
It was gathered that his remains had been moved to his village, Okura-Lafia, Kogi State, for burial today (Wednesday) according to Islamic rites.
Usman was military administrator of Ondo State from August 1994 to August 1996 and that of Oyo State from August 1996 to August 1998 during the military regime of General Sani Abacha.
As the chairman of MILADS of the Odu’a states, he had a running battle with persons who bought assets of Odu’a companies, some of which were retrieved.
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