The former army general reportedly passed away on Thursday at his Effurun GRA residence in the state.

Dominic Oneya, a former President of the Nigeria Football Association (NFA), is dead, SaharaReporters reports.

According to family sources, the former army general who hails from Agbarho community, in the Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta state, died on Thursday at his Effurun GRA residence in the state.

Oneya, who died at 73, was in 1996 to 1998 military governor of Kano State.

And between 1998 and 1999, the late army general was the military governor of Benue State during the reign of Abdulsalami Abubakar.

The late army general was born on May 26, 1948.

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