Former Military Governor of the South-Eastern State (now Cross River and Akwa Ibom States) from July 1975 to July 1978, General Paul Ufuoma Omu (Rtd), is dead.
A statement by his family on Wednesday, signed by Oghenekome Ufuoma Omu, said the retired soldier who hailed from Igbide, Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State, died on Tuesday April 29, 2025, at the age of 84.
During his tenure, he initiated and implemented critical infrastructural and policy reforms that laid the foundation for the region’s growth.In 1985, Gen. Omu was appointed Commnader Command and Staff College and a member of the Armed Forces Ruling Council, the highest ruling body in Nigeria as at then.
In the political landscape, General Omu played a key role in Nigeria’s transition to democracy. He was appointed Chairman of the Constitutional Conference Commission in 1994, helping shape the constitutional discourse that would influence Nigeria’s return to civil rule. His leadership, insight, and patriotism earned him national respect and admiration.
In September 2009, President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua appointed Gen. Omu Chairman of the 10-member Governing Board of the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS).
He was also a former President of the Isoko Development Union (IDU) between 2014 to 2015.
The Omu Family said his burial arrangements will be announced in due course.
