Amadi Ikwechegh
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Amadi Ikwechegh | |
|---|---|
| Military Governor of Imo State | |
| In office 29 August 1986 – 2 September 1989 | |
| Preceded by | Allison Amakoduna Madueke |
| Succeeded by | Anthony Oguguo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 February 1951 |
| Died | 10 November 2009 (aged 58) |
Commodore Amadi Guy Ikwechegh // ⓘ(25 February 1951 – 10 November 2009) was a Nigerian naval officer who was appointed military governor of Imo State from 1986 to 1989 during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida.[1][2]
Ikwechegh was born on 25 February 1951 in Amakpo, Igbere in Bende, Abia State.[3] He attended Township School in Aba and the Nigerian Military School, Zaria (1963 to 1966), and attended the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna in 1971. He was commissioned as a sub-lieutenant in 1974. He then studied at Britannia Royal Naval College at Dartmouth, England, the Royal Hydrographic School, Australia and the Naval School of Oceanography, USA. He attended the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji, and also earned a masters in Strategic Studies from the University of Ibadan.[4]
