Mike Torey

{{short description|Nigerian governor}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Lucky Mike Torey

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| width = 150px

| office1 = Military Governor of Ondo State

| term_start1 = December 1993

| term_end1 = September 1994

| predecessor1 = Dele Olumilua

| successor1 = Ahmed Usman

| office2 = Military Governor of Enugu State

| term_start2 = 14 September 1994

| term_end2 = 22 August 1996

| predecessor2 = Temi Ejoor

| successor2 = Sule Ahman

| birth_date =

| birth_place =

| death_date = 16 November 2013

| party =

| Educational background =

| nationality = Nigerian

| allegiance = {{flag |Nigeria}}

| branch = 25px Nigerian Army

| rank = Colonel

}}

Lucky Mike Torey was a Nigerian army officer who was appointed Military Administrator of Ondo State, Nigeria from December 1993 to September 1994, and then of Enugu State until August 1996 during the military regime of general Sani Abacha.{{cite web | last=Agekameh | first=Dele | title=Goodnight Col. Lucky Mike Torey | website=Vanguard News | date=2014-02-16 | url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/02/goodnight-col-lucky-mike-torey/ | access-date=2023-06-10}} He died on 16 November 2013, after a brief illness.{{cite web

|url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Nigeria_federal_states.htm

|title=Nigerian States

|publisher=WorldStatesmen

|accessdate=2010-03-27}}

Colonel Lucky Mike Torey established the Enugu State Environmental Protection Agency in 1995.{{cite web

|url = http://www.unn.edu.ng/home/index.php/Download-document/11063-The-Impact-of-Urban-Waste-Management-on-the-Environment-An-Appraisal-of-Enugu-State.html

|title = The Impact of Urban Waste Management on the Environment: An Appraisal of Enugu State

|author = Ezema Jonas Uwakwe

|publisher = University of Nigeria

|accessdate = 2010-03-27

|url-status = dead

|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120301175956/http://www.unn.edu.ng/home/index.php/Download-document/11063-The-Impact-of-Urban-Waste-Management-on-the-Environment-An-Appraisal-of-Enugu-State.html

|archivedate = 2012-03-01

}}

In 1996, Torey stopped state government subventions to some of the Enugu State parastatals, including the Enugu State water corporation.{{cite web

|url = http://www.unn.edu.ng/home/index.php/Download-document/15845-Public-Corporations-and-Management-of-Social-Services-in-Nigeria-A-case-Study-of-Enugu-State.html

|title = Public Corporations and Management of Social Services in Nigeria (A case Study of Enugu State Water Corporation)

|date = May 2003

|author = Asogwa Brendan Eze

|publisher = University of Nigeria

|accessdate = 2010-03-27

|url-status = dead

|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120301180101/http://www.unn.edu.ng/home/index.php/Download-document/15845-Public-Corporations-and-Management-of-Social-Services-in-Nigeria-A-case-Study-of-Enugu-State.html

|archivedate = 2012-03-01

}}

In 2005, Torey was one of the aspirants to the Unuevworo traditional stool in Ekpan, Uvwie Local Government area of Delta State.{{cite web

|url=http://www.africanewssearch.com/olink.php?ARG1=http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=13196&ARG2=117150

|title=How to Curb Arms Proliferation in N/Delta

|work=ThisDay

|date=2005-03-30

|accessdate=2010-03-27}}

In March 2010, Torey chaired a ceremony where the Federal Government presented a Site Handing Over Certificate to H.O.B. Nigeria for a 430-unit housing project in Akure, Ondo State.{{cite web

|url=http://www.hobnigeria.com/news.html

|title=Commissioning of the 1st Phase of H.O.B. Housing Estate, Akure.

|publisher=H.O.B. Nigeria

|accessdate=2010-03-27}}