Fidelis Oyakhilome was born on 13 April 1939 and was a Nigerian military governor of Rivers State from January 1984 until August 1986 during the administrations of Generals Muhammadu Buhari and Ibrahim Babangida.
11 Facts About Fidelis Oyakhilome
1.
2.
Fidelis Oyakhilome studied law at the University of Ife, Ile-Ife and then at the Nigerian Law School, Lagos, being called to the Nigerian Bar on graduation.
3.
Fidelis Oyakhilome became Chief Superintendent of Police, Criminal Investigation Division of the Rivers State Police, Port Harcourt.
4.
Fidelis Oyakhilome became military governor of Rivers State in January 1984 after the military overthrow of the Nigerian Second Republic.
5.
On 19 April 1984, Fidelis Oyakhilome signed the edict establishing the Rivers State School of Basic Studies, later to become the Rivers State College of Arts and Science in Port Harcourt.
6.
Fidelis Oyakhilome was redeployed on 26 August 1986, replaced by Colonel Anthony Ukpo.
7.
Fidelis Oyakhilome was chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency.
8.
Fidelis Oyakhilome was dismissed after being accused of having a relationship with Jennifer Madike, a Lagos businesswoman and socialite who had been arrested for drugs-related offences.
9.
Fidelis Oyakhilome was arrested on a charge of collecting US$80,000 from three men, claiming she was going to give the money to Oyakhilome to secure the release of two suspected drug dealers.
10.
Fidelis Oyakhilome represented retired police officers at the National Political Reform Conference in 2005.
11.
Fidelis Oyakhilome was an investor in EBS Nigeria, a previously unknown firm that in June 2006 gained a major contract for supply of anti-retroviral drugs from the Federal Ministry of Health.