Joseph Dechi Gomwalk (13 April 1935[1] – 15 May 1976) was a Nigerian police commissioner and the first military governor of the defunct Benue-Plateau State.

He was tried and then executed due to his alleged connections to the Buka Suka Dimka's attempted coup against the military government of Murtala Mohammed.

Gomwalk was Ngas from Ampang[2] (Pang) in the presentday Kanke Local Government Area of Plateau State.

He attended the famous Boys' Secondary School, Gindiri, where he graduated with distinctions in both academics and sports.

[5] After Gowon's overthrow and the installation of Murtala Mohammed, Gomwalk was implicated in Buka Suka Dimka's attempted coup of February 13, 1976.