Ndubuisi Godwin Kanu (3 November 1943 – 13 January 2021) was a Nigerian military officer and state governor.

Early in his career, he fought for the Biafran side in the Nigerian Civil War and in July 1975 he was appointed to Murtala Muhammed's Supreme Military Council.

Ndubuisi Kanu was born in Ovim village in Isuikwuato, Abia State on 3 November 1943.

[1] In July 1975, as a lieutenant commander, he was appointed a member of Murtala Muhammed's ruling Cabinet, the Supreme Military Council.

[7][1] After Kanu retired he joined the pro-democracy movement, unlike many of his former military colleagues,[1] and played a leading role in the agitation for the actualization of the annulled 12 June 1993 presidential election.

[7] In another interview, he pinpointed the second stage of the General Ibrahim Babangida regime as a turning point towards increased centralisation.