Paul Obi
Laftanar Kanar (ritaya) Paul Edor Obi ya mulki  jihar Bayelsa ta Najeriya daga watan Yuli 1998 zuwa Mayu 1999 a lokacin gwamnatin rikon kwarya ta Janar Abdulsalami Abubakar .

Farkon Rayuwa 
Paul Obi ya kammala karatunsa a Makarantar Sojan Jiragen Sama na Amurka, Fort Rucker. Alabama, kuma ya sami Difloma mafi girma a Fasahar Jirgin Sama. Ya kuma kammala karatu a matsayin kwamandan rundunar soji da kwalejin ma’aikata ta Jaji .  Ya yi aikin soja sama da shekaru 23. Ya kasance Kwamandan Platoon a karkashin Rundunar Majalisar Dinkin Duniya a Labanon.

Gwamnan jihar Bayelsa 
An nada Obi a matsayin shugaban mulkin soja na jihar Bayelsa a watan Yulin 1998.  A ranar 11 ga Disamba 1998, masu zanga-zangar sun yi tattaki zuwa gidan gwamnati a Yenagoa don mika kokensu. Sojojin sun bude wuta inda suka kashe wasu tare da jikkata wasu da dama.  Bayan ci gaba da hargitsin jama'a, a ranar 30 ga Disamba 1998 ya ayyana dokar ta-baci, tare da dakatar da duk wani yancin jama'a tare da sanya dokar hana fita daga faɗuwar rana.  Shugabannin kungiyar sa kai na Neja Delta (NDVF) sun bayyana hakan a matsayin " ayyana yaki ga 'yan kabilar Ijaw. An dage dokar ta-bacin ne a ranar 4 ga watan Janairun 1999 bayan da gwamnatin kasar ta “kaddamar da jiragen ruwa na yaki da karin sojoji a yankunan Neja Delta domin murkushe zanga-zangar da matasa ‘yan kabilar Ijaw suka yi. 

Obi ya kasance mamba ne a kwamitin zabi na ci gaban Neja Delta, wanda ya shirya tsarin farko na ci gaban yankin Neja Delta .  A cikin Afrilu 1999 ya gana da zaɓaɓɓun shugabannin Ijaw a gidan gwamnati a Yenagoa . Ya ce gwamnatin tarayya na son ta taimaka wajen ci gaban jihar, don haka ya bukaci jama’a da su “ rungumi hanyar zaman lafiya da tattaunawa a kowane lokaci”.  Ya mika mulki ga zababben gwamnan farar hula Diepreye Alamieyeseigha a farkon jamhuriya ta hudu ta Najeriya a ranar 29 ga Mayu 1999.

Bayan kammala aiki 
Bayan ya yi ritaya Obi ya zama mai ba da shawara kan harkokin tsaro, kuma ya zama Shugaba Babban Jami’in Kamfanin Pauliza Limited. An nada shi a kwamitin gudanarwa na kamfanoni da dama da suka hada da United Mortgage, Standard Alliance Insurance, Concert Alliance, Next Generation Wireless, Rode & Role da kuma Lagos Business school Alumni s.

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Gwamnan jihar Bayelsa