Zamani Lekwot

Zamani Lekwot
Lekwot in 2023
Military Governor of Rivers State
In office
July 1975 – July 1978
Preceded byAlfred Diete-Spiff
Succeeded bySuleiman Saidu
Commandant of the Nigerian Defence Academy
In office
July 1979 – 1982
Preceded byBrig Joseph Garba
Succeeded byBrig Abdullahi Shelleng
Personal details
Born (1944-07-19) 19 July 1944 (age 80)
Ashong Ashyui, Northern Region, British Nigeria
(now Ashong Ashyui (Jankasa), Nigeria)
Alma materNigerian Military School
NMTC
Indian Military Academy
Military service
Allegiance Nigeria
Branch/service Nigerian Army
Years of service1966-1985
Rank Major General
Battles/warsNigerian Civil War

Zamani Lekwot (born 19 July 1944) is a retired Nigerian Army major general who served as the military governor of Rivers State, Nigeria from July 1975 until July 1978 during the military administrations of Generals Murtala Muhammed and Olusegun Obasanjo.[1]

  1. ^ "Nigeria States". World Statesmen. Retrieved 6 March 2010.