Dominic Oneya, ex-Kano governor, dies at 73

Dominic Oneya, a former military governor of Kano State and former chairman of the Nigeria Football Association is dead.

The retired general died on Thursday in his home at the Effurun GRA, Uvwie LGA of Delta State.

Abubakar Aminu Ibrahim, media aide to the Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, announced his death on Thursday.

Oneya, aged 73, was military governor of Kano from August 1996 to August 1998 during the regime of Sani Abacha.

He had also served from August 1998 to May 1999 as military administrator of Benue State.

Born on May 26, 1948, in Lagos, Oneya hailed from Agbarho in the Ughelli North LGA of Delta State.

He was an instructor at 4 Division Training School from 1972 to 1973, and at the Nigerian Army Military Training College, Jaji, from 1975–1977.

As a staff officer from 1977, he served at then-army headquarters Lagos and in operations with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon from 1980 to 1981.

He was commandant of the Nigerian Army Physical Training School, Zaria from 1985 to 1987; directing staff, Command and Staff College, Jaji from 1987 to 1989; and directing staff, Ghana Armed Forces College Teshe, from 1989–1991.

Oneya, who retired as a brigadier general, was on January 17, 2000, appointed chairman of the Nigeria Football Association.