Patrick Aziza
| Patrick Aziza | |
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| Governor of Kebbi State | |
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In office 28 August 1991 – January 1992 |
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| Preceded by |
Bashir Salihi Magashi (Sokoto State) |
| Succeeded by | Abubakar Musa |
| Minister of Communications | |
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In office . – August 1998 |
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| Succeeded by | Air Vice Marshal Cannes Umenwaliri |
| Minister of Commerce and Tourism | |
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In office 22 August 1998 – May 1999 |
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| Succeeded by | Mustapha Bello |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
23 December 1947 Okpe, Delta State |
| Died | 16 August 2014 (aged 66) Abuja, Nigeria |
Major-General Patrick Aziza (23 December 1947 – 16 August 2014) was the first military Governor of Kebbi State, Nigeria after it was split off from Sokoto State on 27 August 1991 during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida.
Aziza was born in Okpe local Government Area in Delta State on 23 December 1947. He was raised in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State. He went to Ibadan for his secondary education before joining the army and participating in the Nigerian Civil War (1967–1970). Aziza then attended the Nigeria Defence Academy, Kaduna, graduating in 1970. He was commissioned 2nd lieutenant and promoted to lieutenant in 1970, and was posted to the 3rd Marine Commando. In 1971 he was promoted to captain. He was appointed ADC to the Chief of Army Staff, Major General David Ejoor. In 1974 he attended the Advanced School of Infantry in Fort Benning, United States for a 12-month course.
Aziza was posted to Warri as a battalion commander, then promoted and posted to Kano as brigade major. He attended the Command and Staff College, Jaji (1978–1979), and was then posted to Army Headquarters responsible for movement and planning. In this role he handled troop movement planning for the Nigerian contingent in the United Nations' operations, UNIFIL, in Lebanon. Aziza served in the Provisional Ruling Council.
Aziza was the Brigade Commander of the Amphibious Brigade in Calabar when he was appointed the first military administrator of Kebbi State, holding office from 28 August 1991 to January 1992, when he handed over to the elected civilian governor Abubakar Musa at the start of the aborted Nigerian Third Republic.
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