Abdulkareem Adisa
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Abdulkareem Adisa | |
|---|---|
| Military Governor of Oyo State | |
| In office August 1990 – January 1992 | |
| Preceded by | Colonel Sasaenia Oresanya |
| Succeeded by | Chief Kolapo Olawuyi Ishola |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 August 1948 |
| Died | 25 February 2005 (aged 56) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Nigeria |
| Branch/service |  Nigerian Army |
| Years of service | 1970 – 1997 |
| Rank |  Major General |
Abdulkareem Adisa (ⓘ; August 22, 1948[1] – February 25, 2005)[2] was a Nigerian major general who was military governor of Oyo State (August 1990 – January 1992) during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida.[3] He was convicted for involvement in an attempted coup against military head of state General Sani Abacha in 1997, and was on death row when Abacha died in June 1998. He was subsequently pardoned.[4]
Abdulkareem Adisa was born in Ilorin, now in Kwara State.[5]
He attended Quranic School in Ilorin between 1951-1953 and received his elementary education at Catholic Primary School, Ibuso Gboro Ibadan from 1953 to 1958. He got his secondary education at Nigerian Military School, Zaria from 1962 to 1965, and started his time in the Nigerian Army as an officer cadet in 1967 with the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna where he graduated from in 1970.[2]
Military career
As a Lieutenant during the Nigerian Civil War, he was captured by Biafran forces in August 1967, and was detained until January 1970.[6]
Abdulkareem Adisa was appointed military governor of Oyo State in August 1990 by the military president, General Ibrahim Babangida, holding office until January 1992.[3] He was a 'no nonsense' governor and was well respected generally by the citizens.[citation needed]
While governor of Oyo State, Adisa erected a statue of the unknown soldier in front of government house, Ibadan. This statue was destroyed and replaced with a statue of Obafemi Awolowo by Governor Lam Adesina. The second statue was pulled down a few days after Governor Adeshina left office.[7]
Minister of Works and Housing
General Sani Abacha, who became head of state in November 1993, appointed him Minister of Works and Housing.[8] He investigated the conduct of his predecessor at the ministry, Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande, and absolved him of any wrongdoing.[9] He continued the National Housing Policy initiated by Lateef Jakande, which planned to build affordable units across Nigeria, but more than doubled the price of each type of house.[10] During his term of office, deposits for the houses were used to award contracts for infrastructure to the sites. As a result, many years later a considerable number of depositors had not got houses or refunds of their deposits.[11]
Adisa directed that the Federal School of Surveying should channel the evolution from analogue to digital methods.[12]