Colonel Victor Afamefula Ozodinobi was appointed military governor of Borno State in August 1996 during the military regime of General Sani Abacha.

[1] He stopped the practice of using troops to perform farm work, prevalent before his regime.

[2] He was reportedly sacked from his position as governor and retired from the army because he insisted that scholarships should be reserved for the poor citizens of the state.

[3] Another reason given is that during a fuel shortage he personally escorted some tanker loads of petrol to prevent them going astray.

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