Paul Chabri Tarfa[1] CON (born 6 August 1941) is a retired Nigerian army major general who was appointed Governor of Oyo State, during the military regime of General Olusegun Obasanjo, handing over to the elected civilian governor Bola Ige.

[2][3] He was appointed commandant of the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna.

[5] He was appointed Governor of Oyo State from July 1978 to October 1979.

[2] When Ernest Shonekan came to power in November 1993, the Federal Government set up the Major-General Paul Tarfa Panel to undertake a one-year probe of the activities of the Nigeria Customs Service.

[6] This biographical article related to the Nigerian military is a stub.