Biography Intro: Adebayo Hamed Lawal was Governor of Benue State, Nigeria from July 1978 to October 1979 during the military regime of General Olusegun Obasanjo.

NAME: Adebayo Hamed Lawal

DATE OF BIRTH: 14 September 1941

PLACE OF BIRTH: Offa, Kwara State, Nigeria.

EDUCATION: He attended Government College, Ibadan (1955–1962). He enlisted in the Nigerian Airforce in 1963 and was trained as a Military Pilot in West Germany, graduating in 1964.