13/09/2024
In 1984, Governor Ambrose Folorunsho Alli was sentenced to 100 years in prison by the military regime led by General Muhammadu Buhari for allegedly misappropriating N983,000 intended for a road project.
Five years later, on his 60th birthday, September 22, 1989, Alli passed away. The Ambrose Alli University in Ekpoma, Edo State, originally founded by him as Bendel State University, was named in his honor..
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