Patrick Aziza 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.
17 Facts About Patrick Aziza
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Patrick Aziza went to Ibadan for his secondary education before joining the Army and participating in the Nigerian Civil War.
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Patrick Aziza then attended the Nigeria Defence Academy, Kaduna, graduating in 1970.
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Patrick Aziza was commissioned 2nd lieutenant and promoted to lieutenant in 1970, and was posted to the 3rd Marine Commando.
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Patrick Aziza was appointed ADC to the Chief of Army Staff, Major General David Ejoor.
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Patrick Aziza was posted to Warri as a battalion commander, then promoted and posted to Kano as brigade major.
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Patrick Aziza attended the Command and Staff College, Jaji, and was then posted to Army Headquarters responsible for movement and planning.
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Patrick 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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Patrick Aziza was a member of the group of officers that planned the coup in which General Sani Abacha took power.
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Patrick Aziza was Chairman of the Special Military Tribunal that convicted Olusegun Obasanjo and Major General Shehu Musa Yar'Adua for involvement in an alleged 1995 coup plot.
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Patrick Aziza was head of a tribunal that tried six journalists for treason, based on publishing accounts of the coup.
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Patrick Aziza served as communications minister in the military regime of General Sani Abacha.
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Patrick Aziza was required by President Olusegun Obasanjo to retire from the army in June 1999 after the return to democracy with the Nigerian Fourth Republic, along with other former military administrators.
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Patrick Aziza denied ordering torture in connection with the tribunal.
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Patrick Aziza became engaged in private business, and a successful amateur golfer.
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Patrick Aziza was given the chieftaincy title of Ajaguna of Okukuland by the Olokuku of Okuku, Osun State, Azizokpe of Okpe kingdom by the Orodje of Okpe kingdom Delta state and was named a Commander of the Federal Republic.
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Patrick Aziza died of cancer on 16 August 2014 at the age of 66.