Paul Boroh
Nigerian politician
Paul Tarela Boroh (born 17 July 1958) is a Nigerian politician and retired Nigerian Army brigadier general, he served as Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Niger Delta and Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme between May 2015 and March 2018. He was fired for reasons not made public. However, the reason he was fired may not be unconnected with financial misappropriation. Days after being fired, he was arrested by the EFCC and a sum of US$9,000,000 cash was recovered from his house in Abuja.
Early life
Boroh was born in Lagos State on 17 July 1958. He is from Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. In his early life, he attended the Nigerian Military School, Zaria in Kaduna State from 1972 to 1976 where he obtained his West African School Certificate. He was later admitted into the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna from 1978 to 1981. On completion of his training, he was commissioned into the Nigerian Army Infantry Corps on 19 June 1981 as a member of 24 Regular Combatant Commission.
Career
Boroh is a peace practitioner and was at one time a member of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) peacekeeping operation.
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