Augustine Aniebo

Augustine Aniebo (// ^ⓘ; born 23 March 1950) is a retired Nigerian army brigadier general who served as military administrator of Borno State from 1997 to 1998 during the regime of General Sani Abacha^[2] and administrator of Kogi State from 1998 to 1999 during the regime of General Abdulsalami Abubakar, handing over to the elected civilian governor Abubakar Audu on 29 May 1999, at the start of the Fourth Republic.^[3]

Augustine Aniebo
Military Administrator of Kogi State
In office August 1998 – May 1999
Preceded by	Bzigu Afakirya
Succeeded by	Abubakar Audu
Military Administrator of Borno State
In office 1997 – August 1998
Preceded by	Victor Ozodinobi
Succeeded by	Lawal Haruna
Personal details
Born	(1950-03-23) 23 March 1950 (age 75)[1] Umunze, Southern Region, British Nigeria (now in Anambra State, Nigeria)
Military service
Allegiance	Nigeria
Branch/service	Nigerian Army
Rank	Brigadier General

Borno State Administrator

In May 1997, Nigerian security agents, working with Islamic leaders stormed a Christian church in Maiduguri, Borno State and ejected the pastor and church members. The church leaders appealed to Aniebo to act quickly to avoid a religious crisis.^[4] In 1998, he said that the Borno State task force against smuggling had been strengthened to reduce cross-border smuggling of petroleum products to neighboring countries.^[5]

Kogi State Administrator

Appointed administrator of Kogi State in August 1998, Aniebo left office on 29 May 1999 and handed over to the new civillian government led by Olusegun Obasanjo.^{[6][7][8][9][10]}