[1][2][3] Omu joined the army on December 10, 1962, and was a course mate to Ibrahim Babangida, Sani Bello and Garba Duba at the Nigeria Military Training College.

He attended the Mons Officer Cadet School, Aldershot in the United Kingdom and was commissioned on July 25, 1963.

[5] The tribunal found most of the politicians guilty, handing out jail sentences of various terms.

[5] When General Ibrahim Babangida decided to plan for the transfer to civilian rule, he appointed Omu chairman of a nine-man panel to review recommendations of the Political Bureau and draft a White Paper on the transition.

[10] In September 2009 President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua appointed Omu chairman of the 10-member Governing Board of the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), charged with reviewing the law of the institution.