Donald Etiebet

Donald Dick Etiebet
Governor of Cross River State
In office
October 1983 – December 1983
DeputyFidelis Ikogo Nnang
Preceded byClement Isong
Succeeded byDan Archibong
Personal details
Born1934 (1934)
Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria
Died21 July 2015 (aged 80–81)
SpouseNike Maryam Agunbiade

Chief Donald Dick Etiebet (listenⓘ, 1934 – 21 July 2015) was a Nigerian politician who was a senator during the Nigerian Second Republic (1979 - 1983). He was then elected governor of Cross River State with the support of the then Senate president Joseph Wayas and senator Joseph Oqua Ansa who all went against seating governor Clement Isong, Fidelis Ikogo Nnang was his deputy, holding this office from October to December 1983, when the military coup brought General Muhammadu Buhari to power.[1][2]

Etiebet was born in Ikot Ekpene in Akwa Ibom State, of Annang origins.[3] He married Nike Maryam Agunbiade, from Oyo State in 1991, and they have three children.[4]

His younger brother Donatus ("Don") Obot Etiebet held office as Minister of Energy in the short-lived cabinet of Ernest Shonekan, continuing in office after that government was removed by General Sani Abacha, and later was a contender to be PDP nominee for governor of Akwa Ibom State in 2007. His son Aniekan Donald Etiebet was another contender for the same post.[5]

After the return to democracy in 1999, Etiebet was a leader of the United Nigeria People's Party (UNPP), which later merged with the All People's Party (APP) to form the All Nigeria People's Party. Etiebet was appointed deputy National chairman, South for the ANPP.[6] Later, Etiebet became national chairman of the ANPP.[7] Speaking for the ANPP in March 2003, Etiebet said election results should be released at the polling stations and signed by the political party agents as a means of curbing violence during elections.[8]

As President of the Supreme Council of Elders in Akwa Ibom State, in March 2004, Etiebet led a delegation of leaders from Akwa Ibom State to meet President Olusegun Obasanjo and discuss the Onshore/offshore abrogation Act, which redistributed oil revenues.[9]

Etiebet died on 31 July 2015.[10]

References

  1. ^ Eghosa E. Osaghae (1998). Crippled giant: Nigeria since independence. Indiana University Press. p. 144. ISBN 0-253-21197-2.
  2. ^ "Nigerian States". WorldStatesmen. Retrieved 2010-02-27.
  3. ^ "Etiebet: The liberal in the race". Nigeria Today. Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2010-03-02.
  4. ^ NIKE BAKARE (June 7, 2005). "My life as Etiebet's wife • He's just 24 years older than me". OnlineNigeria. Retrieved 2010-03-03.
  5. ^ Usoro Usoro and Joe Effiong (July 29, 2006). "Angry Akwa Ibom indigenes knock Etiebet's intention to rule them". DailySun. Archived from the original on May 4, 2007. Retrieved 2010-03-03.
  6. ^ Chuks Akunna (2002-07-28). "The Intrigues". ThisDay. Archived from the original on 2005-11-18. Retrieved 2010-03-03.
  7. ^ Kola Ologbondiyan And Chuks Akunna (27 June 2006). "How Etiebet Ruined ANPP, By DPP". ThisDay. Retrieved 2010-03-02.
  8. ^ From Chuks Okocha, Bature Umar and Funso Muriana (1 Apr 2003). "As Obasanjo Explains Why Political Violence Persists... INEC, Police Raise Alarm Over April Polls". Archived from the original on 2009-10-22. Retrieved 2010-03-03.
  9. ^ Charles Ozoemena (13 March 2004). "13% Derivation: Obasanjo Lashes South-South Govs". Vanguard. Retrieved 2010-03-02.
  10. ^ "Ex-Gov. Donald Etiebet buried". Premium Times. 12 December 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2024.


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