Samuel Ogbemudia
| Samuel Osaigbovo Ogbemudia | |
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| Governor, Mid-West State, Nigeria | |
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In office 26 October 1967 – July 1975 |
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| Preceded by | Albert Okonkwo |
| Succeeded by | George Innih |
| Governor, Bendel State, Nigeria | |
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In office October 1983 – 31 December 1983 |
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| Preceded by | Ambrose Alli |
| Succeeded by | Jeremiah Timbut Useni |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 September 1932 |
| Died | 9 March 2017 (aged 84) |
| Nationality | Nigerian |
Samuel Osaigbovo Ogbemudia (17 September 1932 – 9 March 2017) was a Nigerian army officer and politician. He was military Governor (1967–1975) of the Mid-West State, later renamed Bendel State, part of which in turn became Edo State. After the return to democracy in 1999, he became a power in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In September 2009, Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state and others attended his 77th birthday celebration in Benin.
Osaigbovo Ogbemudia was born in Benin City on September 17, 1932, he was named after his grandfather. In Edo language, the name Ogbemudia can be inferred to mean "this family has come to stay". As a youth he lived with his elder cousin, Mr. FS Uwaifo, a Benin-based businessman. He attended Benin Baptist School (1941–1945), and then the government school, Victoria, in the Cameroons (1945–1947). His secondary education was at the Western Boy's High School, Benin City (1947–1949).
He joined the Nigeria army in 1956, training at Teshie, Ghana and at Netheravon and Salisbury Plain in England (1957). He attended the officer cadet school at Aldershot, England in 1960, and was commissioned second lieutenant in 1961. He attended the United States army special welfare school at Fort Bragg, North Carolina in 1962. Ogbemudia served with the United Nations peacekeeping force in the Congo for 16 months, and served in Tanzania in 1964. He was appointed as an instructor to the Nigerian Military School, Zaria in 1964.
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