| Intro | Navy Governor of Oyo State |
| Is | Politician |
| From | Nigeria |
| Kind | Politics |
| Gender | male |
| Demise | 1 February 2005 |
Abdulkareem Adisa was a Nigerian major-general who was navy governor of Oyo State (August 1990 – January 1992) through the navy regime of Main-Common Ibrahim Babangida. He was convicted for involvement in an tried coup in opposition to navy head of state Common Sani Abacha in 1997, and was on loss of life row when Abacha died in June 1998. He was subsequently pardoned.
Navy profession
Abdulkareem Adisa was born in Ilorin, now in Kwara State. As a Lieutenant through the Nigerian Civil Conflict, he was captured by Biafran forces in August 1967, and was detained till January 1970.
Abdulkareem Adisa was appointed navy governor of Oyo State in August 1990 by the pinnacle of state, Main-Common Ibrahim Babangida, holding workplace till January 1992.
Whereas governor of Oyo State, Adisa erected a statue of the unknown soldier in entrance of presidency home, Ibadan. This statue was destroyed and changed with a statue of Obafemi Awolowo by Governor Lam Adeshina. The second statue was pulled down a number of days after Governor Adeshina left workplace.
Minister of Works & Housing
Common Sani Abacha, who grew to become head of state in November 1993, appointed him Minister of Works and Housing. He investigated the conduct of his predecessor on the ministry, Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande, and absolved him of any wrongdoing. He continued the Nationwide Housing Coverage initiated by Lateef Jakande, which deliberate to construct reasonably priced models throughout Nigeria, however greater than doubled the worth of every sort of home. Throughout his time period of workplace, deposits for the homes had been used to award contracts for infrastructure to the websites. In consequence, a few years later a substantial variety of depositors had not acquired homes or refunds of their deposits.
Abdulkareem Adisa directed that the Federal College of Surveying ought to channel the evolution from analogue to digital strategies.
Coup try and trial
In December 1997, Abdulkareem Adisa was arrested on expenses of taking part in a coup try in opposition to Common Sani Abacha, together with Lt-Common Oladipo Diya, Main-Common Tajudeen Olanrewaju and others. He was tried and located responsible on 28 April 1998. In June 1998 he was on loss of life row when Abacha died instantly.
In March, 1999, Nigeria’s outgoing navy authorities granted state pardons to Adisa and the others convicted of the coup try.
Later profession
After the return to democracy in 1999, Abdulkareem Adisa ventured into publishing with a paper The Folks’s Advocate primarily based in Ilorin. The paper was the goal of a N250 million libel motion from the Kwara State Governor, Mohammed Lawal, which was later withdrawn.
In 2003 Adisa stated he wouldn’t settle for a pardon from President Olusegun Obasanjo, who had himself participated in a coup try in 1995. In April 2004 he was lively within the Folks’s Democratic Occasion (PDP) in Kwara State. One PDP group suspended the Minister of State for Girls Affairs, Miss Funke Adedoyin, however one other group of PDP elders, led by Adisa, voided Adedoyin’s suspension. Adisa additionally grew to become vice-chairman of the Kwara Progressive Motion (KPM).
Abdulkareem Adisa was chief of a motion to elect Common Ibrahim Babangida as president in 2007. He revealed an assault on the Nationwide Democratic Coalition (NADECO) in The Guardian of 28 April 2004, warning the group to not attempt to stop the Babangida’s presidential election. He stated the Yoruba would vote for Ibrahim Babangida regardless of his function in annulling the 12 June 1993 presidential election gained by the Chief MKO Abiola.
Abdulkareem Adisa died in a London hospital in February 2005 from accidents sustained in a automobile accident. His physique was returned for burial in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital on 27 February 2005, in a ceremony attended by many distinguished individuals together with three former state governors and former Common Ibrahim Babangida.
On 23 June 2009, President Umaru Yar’Adua granted a presidential pardon to Abdulkareem Adisa and others convicted of treason for the Sani Abacha coup makes an attempt.
