Lawrence Onoja
Lawrence Anebi Onoja (an haife shi a shekara ta 1948) ya kasance gwamnan mulkin soja na Jihar Filato, daga 1986 zuwa Yuli 1988 sannan kuma yayi gwamnan jihar Katsina har zuwa Disamba 1989 a lokacin mulkin soja na Janar Ibrahim Babangida. Daga baya ya zama babban hafsan sojojin Janar Sani Abacha, kafin a kama shi bisa zargin sa hannu a yunkurin juyin mulki. Ya yi ritaya daga aikin soja a shekarar 1998, sannan ya shiga siyasa bayan dawowa mulkin dimokradiyya a watan Mayun 1999 tare da jamhuriya ta huɗu ta Najeriya.

Farkon rayuwa da Karatu 
An haifi Onoja a ranar 10 ga Agusta 1948 a Idekpa Okpiko, karamar hukumar Ohimini a jihar Benue ta asalin jihar Idoma. Ya halarci Kwalejin St. Francis, Otukpo sannan ya halarci Kwalejin Gwamnati da ke Lafia, Jihar Nasarawa (1962-1966). Ya shiga aikin soja a shekarar 1966 a matsayin jami’in kadet. 

Onoja ya halarci makarantar horas da sojoji ta Najeriya da ke Kaduna da kuma Mons Officer Cadet School, Aldershot, Ingila. Onoja ya shiga aikin sojan Najeriya a watan Oktoban 1968. Yayin da yake soja, Onoja ya halarci Jami'ar Cameron, Oklahoma da Jami'ar Jihar Oklahoma, inda ya sami digiri a Kimiyyar Siyasa. Daga baya ya sami M.Sc. a Kimiyyar Siyasa daga Jami'ar Jos, sannan ya yi PhD a fannin shari'a da diflomasiyya daga Jami'ar Jos.

Muƙamai
Onoja ya riƙee mukamai daban-daban ciki har da mai ba da shawara kan tsaro a ofishin jakadancin Najeriya da ke birnin Alkahira na kasar Masar. Onoja ya kasance babban hafsan hafsa na Janar Ibrahim Babangida kafin a nada shi gwamnan soja a jihar Filato a watan Yulin 1988.

Gwamnan Soja 
A matsayin gwamnan jihar Filato, a ƙoƙarin da ake yi na kwantar da tarzoma tsakanin Kiristoci da Musulmai, Onoja (Wani Kirista) ya bayyana cewa za a rusa duk wuraren ibada. A cikin Afrilu 1988 an tilasta masa rufe Jami'ar Jos sakamakon hargitsin ɗalibai.

Kamar yadda gwamnan soji a jihar Katsina Onoja ya yi fice da gaskiya. A cikin Maris 1989 ya ba da sanarwar cewa, ana yin shawarwarin rancen dalar Amurka miliyan 20 daga Saudi Arabiya don aikin noma na Dam na Zobe, Zobe dam.

Wasu ayyukan baya 
Bayan ya bar muƙamin gwamnan Katsina, Onoja ya zama darakta a tsangayar nazarin hadin gwiwa a Kwalejin Kwamanda da Ma’aikata ta Jaji, sannan a shekarar 1991 ya zama babban hafsan hafsoshin Soja da Ministan Tsaro. Daga nan sai aka naɗa shi Janar Kwamandan Runduna ta 3 ta Sojojin Najeriya da ke Jos da Janar Hafsan Sojoji a Fadar Shugaban Ƙasa ta Janar Sani Abacha.  A shekarar 1998 aka kama shi bisa zarginsa da hannu a yunkurin tsige Abacha, amma aka sake shi ba tare da gurfanar da shi a gaban kotu ba. 

Onoja ya yi ritaya daga aikin soja a shekarar 1998 a matsayin Manjo Janar. A shekarar 2003 ya kasance mamba a hukumar kula da filayen jiragen sama ta Najeriya. Onoja ya kasance dan takarar gwamna a zaben jihar Benuwe a shekarar 2003 a jam'iyyar United Nigeria Peoples Party (UNPP).  Ya fafata da David Mark a zaɓen fidda gwani na jam’iyyar People’s Democratic Party (PDP) don zama ɗan takarar Sanata a Benue ta Kudu a watan Disamba 2006. A fafatawar da aka yi, Onoja ya kai ga sanya hannu a wata talla a wata jarida ta kasa mai goyon bayan tsohon gwamnan Benue George Akume. Fafatawar ta yi kusa, inda Mark ya samu kuri’u 1,719 sai Onoja 1,605. Duk da cewa Mark bai samu rinjayen 2/3 da PDP ta buƙata ba, Onoja ta amince da sakamakon. 

A watan Afrilun 2009, Shugaba Umaru 'Yar'adua ya naɗa Onoja a matsayin Shugaban Cibiyar Wasanni ta Ƙasa. A shekarar 2009, al’ummar Idekpa na ƙaramar hukumar Ohimini a jihar Benue sun karrama Onoja da sarautar Ooyame K’Idekpa, ko kuma “Achiever Par Excellence”. Sun kuma buƙace shi da ya tsaya takarar Sanata a 2011.

Bibliography

Duba kuma 
 Jerin Gwamnonin Jihar Filato

Manazarta 

Rayayyun mutane
Haifaffun 1948
Gwamnonin Jihar Katsina
 Gwamnonin Jihar Plateau
Mutanen Idoma
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