Godwin Osagie Abbe was born on 10 January 1949 and in Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria is a retired Nigerian Army Major General and former Defence Minister of Nigeria from 2009 to 2010.
10 Facts About Godwin Abbe
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Godwin Abbe served as the Nigerian Minister of Interior from 2007 to 2009.
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Godwin Abbe joined the military in 1967 as a private, was commissioned second lieutenant in July 1968, and was promoted Colonel in 1986.
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Godwin Abbe earned a Postgraduate Diploma in International Relations from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.
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Godwin Abbe is a graduate of the United States Army Infantry School Fort Benning, Georgia, Ghana Armed Forces Staff College and the National Institute for Policy and Strategic studies, Kuru.
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Godwin Abbe then became General Officer Commanding 2 Division Nigerian Army; Commander, Training and Doctrine Command and Commander, National War College.
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Godwin Abbe retired in 1999 with the rank of Major General.
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At a meeting of Commonwealth Heads of Government in Kampala, Uganda in November 2007, Abbe met British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and asked for assistance in restructuring the police force, which was suffering from low morale due to poor welfare, inadequate training and lack of vital work tools.
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In September 2009, Godwin Abbe said that the Amnesty would not prevent security operatives from going after illegal oil bunkerers, who he said would be treated as enemies of the state.
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In October 2009, speak of Niger Delta militants who had accepted the government amnesty, Godwin Abbe gave assurances they would be rehabilitated, re-integrated and helped in every way possible to make them self-sustaining in life.