Gregory Agboneni
{{Short description|Nigerian soldier}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Gregory Agboneni
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|office1 = Administrator of Adamawa State
|term_start1 = 9 December 1993
|term_end1 = 14 September 1994
|predecessor1 = Abubakar Saleh Michika
|successor1 = Mustapha Ismail
|office2 = Administrator of Cross River State
|term_start2 = 14 September 1994
|term_end2 = 22 August 1996
|predecessor2 = Ibrahim Kefas
|successor2 = Umar Farouk Ahmed
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|8|30|df=y}}
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Air Vice Marshal Gregory Agboneni (born 30 August 1948){{cite book|title=Nigeria, the Military & Political Leadership: A Compendium on the Socio-economic & Development Dynamics|author=Fejokwu, L.C.|date=1995|publisher=Polcom Press|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SZQPAQAAMAAJ|access-date=2015-01-01}} is a former Nigerian soldier and military administrator of Adamawa and Cross River states.[https://www.rulers.org/nigastat.html Nigerian States Rulers]
Biography
Agboneni attended US Air Force Pilot Training as a foreign student in 1971–1972, after which he served as a soldier and fighter pilot for the Nigerian Air Force. Furing the military regime of Head of State General Sani Abacha Agboneni was appointed as Military Administrator of Adamawa State, an office in which he served between December 1993 and September 1994, and of Cross River State, where he served between September 1994 and August 1996.{{cite web
|url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Nigeria_federal_states.htm
|title=Nigerian States
|publisher=WorldStatesmen
|access-date=2010-01-01}} He was also the Commander of the Order of the Niger.
AVM Gregory has a degree in Aeronautics and masters in strategic studies. He is also a winner of the British R.A.F Andover Award.{{Citation needed|reason=No indication for such information|date=December 2018}}
See also
References
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Category:Governors of Adamawa State
Category:Nigerian military governors of Cross River State
Category:Commanders of the Order of the Niger
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