Abdulkareem Adisa
| Abdulkareem Adisa | |
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| Military Governor of Oyo State | |
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In office August 1990 – January 1992 |
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| Preceded by | Colonel Sasaenia Oresanya |
| Succeeded by | Chief Kolapo Olawuyi Ishola |
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| Died | February 2005 |
Abdulkareem Adisa was a Nigerian major-general who was military governor of Oyo State (August 1990 – January 1992) during the military regime of Major-General Ibrahim Babangida. 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.
Abdulkareem Adisa was born in Ilorin, now in Kwara State. As a Lieutenant during the Nigerian Civil War, he was captured by Biafran forces in August 1967, and was detained until January 1970.
Abdulkareem Adisa was appointed military governor of Oyo State in August 1990 by the head of state, Major-General Ibrahim Babangida, holding office until January 1992. 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 Adeshina. The second statue was pulled down a few days after Governor Adeshina left office.
General Sani Abacha, who became head of state in November 1993, appointed him Minister of Works and Housing. He investigated the conduct of his predecessor at the ministry, Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande, and absolved him of any wrongdoing. 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. 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.
Abdulkareem Adisa directed that the Federal School of Surveying should channel the evolution from analogue to digital methods.
In December 1997, Abdulkareem Adisa was arrested on charges of participating in a coup attempt against General Sani Abacha, along with Lt-General Oladipo Diya, Major-General Tajudeen Olanrewaju and others. He was tried and found guilty on 28 April 1998. In June 1998 he was on death row when Abacha died suddenly. In March, 1999, Nigeria's outgoing military government granted state pardons to Adisa and the others convicted of the coup attempt.
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