Tunde Ogbeha
Tunde Ogbeha | |
|---|---|
| Governor of Akwa Ibom State | |
| In office 28 September 1987 – 30 July 1988 | |
| Succeeded by | Godwin Abbe |
| Governor of Bendel State | |
| In office Dec 1987 – Aug 1990 | |
| Preceded by | John Mark Inienger |
| Succeeded by | John Ewerekumoh Yeri |
| Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria | |
| In office May 1999 – May 2007 | |
| Constituency | Kogi West |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jonathan Tunde Ogbeha 1945 (age 79–80) Lokoja, Northern Region, British Nigeria (now in Kogi State, Nigeria) |
| Political party | Peoples Democratic Party |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Nigeria |
| Branch/service | Nigerian Army |
| Rank | Brigadier general |
Jonathan Tunde Ogbeha ⓘ (born 1945) is a Nigerian politician and retired brigadier general who served as the administrator of Akwa Ibom State and then of Bendel State during the military rule of General Ibrahim Babangida (1985–1993). After the return to democracy in 1999, he was elected senator for the Kogi West constituency of Kogi State from May 1999 to May 2007. A biography on Ogbeha titled "Jonathan Tunde Ogbeha: A Noble Path" was written by Innocent Nzeke Waniko, a journalist, and presented publicly on 1 September 2017. The book chronicles the early life and comprehensively captures the life and career of Ogbeha.