Tom Nyuma (1971-January 26, 2014[1]) was a Sierra Leonean military commander and the chairman of the Kailahun District council.
He was elected as the chairman of Kailahun District council on July 6, 2008 with 87% of the vote running on the opposition Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) ticket.
[2] In March 2012, Nyuma left the SLPP and joined the All People's Congress (APC) of President Ernest Bai Koroma.
[2] He was at the rank of lieutenant colonel in the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces before he retired.
On 29 April 1992, Nyuma was one of the young officers in the Sierra Leonean army who ousted the APC government led by Joseph Saidu Momoh.