John Dungs
(FSS, MSS, MNI) | |
|---|---|
| Military Administrator of Delta State | |
| In office 22 August 1996 – 12 August 1998 | |
| Preceded by | Ibrahim Kefas |
| Succeeded by | Walter Feghabo |
| Acting Military Administrator of Oyo State | |
| In office 1994–1996 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 February 1952 |
| Died | 2 May 2014 (aged 62) JUTH, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria |
| Party | Advanced Congress of Democrats (2006 to 2007), Peoples' Democratic Party (2007 to 2012) and Democratic People's Party (2012 to 2014) |
| Relations | Samuel Dung Jok Gwom Rwei Riyom (brother), Iliya Jok Dungs (brother) amongst others |
| Children | Patton John Dungs and Simi Dungs DaVwi amongst others |
| Education | Nigerian Military School, Zaria Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru |
| Occupation | Soldier/Politician/Business magnate |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Nigeria |
| Branch/service | Nigerian Army |
| Years of service | 1973–1999 |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Battles/wars | Liberian civil war |
| Chairman/CEO of Langfield Group LTD Gwom Chomo Riyom | |
John David Dungs (// ⓘ;3 February 1952 - 2 May 2014) was a Nigerian Army colonel who served as Military Administrator of Delta State from August 1996 to August 1998, during the military regime of General Sani Abacha. He also served as acting Military Administrator of Oyo State from 1994 to 1996. Following his compulsory retirement in June 1999 by the new civilian President Olusegun Obasanjo from the Nigerian Army alongside all military administrators at the time; predecessors of the civilian governors of the Fourth Nigerian Republic, Dungs went on to chair the boards of his businesses H. F. Schroeder West Africa Limited and the much larger Nigerian conglomerate Langfield Group LTD. He also played a brief and limited role in Plateau State politics before his ultimate demise on 2 May 2014.