Rear Admiral (retired) Ndubuisi Godwin Kanu is dead; the whisperer can report. The new of his demise broke out this morning from a family source. Kanu was appointed military governor of IMO State of Nigeria in March 1976 during the military regime of General Olusegun Obasanjo. He was the first governor after the decree that established the state from part of the old East Central state. He was transferred to become governor of Lagos State in 1977, leaving office in July 1978.
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