Former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Joseph Adeusi, is dead

Former military governor of Akwa Ibom state, navy captain Joseph Adeduro Adeusi (Rtd), who served from August 1996 to August 1998, has died.

According to the special assistant to the state governor on media, Aniekeme Finbarr, who made this known on Facebook on Saturday April 16 the same day Adeusi passed away, said ''a minute silence was observed in his honor at the Government House Prayer Meeting Saturday.''
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''His soul rest in peace!''

Here’s a brief profile:

He was Military Governor of Akwa Ibom State from August 1996 to August 1998.

As administrator, Adeusi founded the Akwa United Football Club, which played their inaugural match against the Rangers International F.C of Enugu in December 1996. He initiated a probe into the government of Uyo Local Government Area, which was headed by John James Akpanudoedehe, who later became Senator.

In January 1998 he had to deal with protests over an oil spill from a Mobil pipeline. He spent over nine hours negotiating with several thousand demonstrators, eventually agreeing to establish a claims office in Eket. Over 300 of the demonstrators were later detained.

Died this morning at the age of 76years.