Joseph Gomwalk

Joseph Dechi Gomwalk (13 ga Afrilu 1935 – 15 ga Mayu 1976) ya kasance kwamishinan ‘yan sandan Najeriya kuma gwamnan soji na farko a jihar Benue-Plateau bayan an kafa ta daga yankin Arewa. An kashe shi ne saboda alakarsa da yunkurin juyin mulkin da Buka Suka Dimka ya yi wa gwamnatin Murtala Mohammed.

Joseph Gomwalk
gwamnan jihar Filato 1966 - ga Yuli, 1975 - Dan Suleiman →
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	Kanke (Nijeriya), 13 ga Afirilu, 1935
ƙasa	Najeriya
Mutuwa	Lagos,, 15 Mayu 1976
Yanayin mutuwa	(gunshot wound (en) )
Karatu
Makaranta	Jami'ar Ibadan
Sana'a
Sana'a	ɗan siyasa

Karatu

Gomwalk ya halarci Sudan United Mission, Amper daga 1943 zuwa 1946  da Gindiri daga 1947 zuwa 1949. Sannan a makarantar Gindiri Boys Secondary daga 1950 zuwa 1955 kafin  ya tafi Kwalejin Fasaha, Kimiyya da Fasaha ta Najeriya tsakanin 1956 zuwa 1958 College, Ibadan da daga Satumba 1958 zuwa Yuni 1961. Ya wakilci jami'arsa a fannin wasannin motsa jiki kuma ya sami digiri na BSc a fannin dabbobi da parasitology.

Gwamnan jihar Benue-Plateau

Gomwalk ya kasance gwamnan jihar daga 1967 zuwa 1975, lokacin da aka hambarar da gwamnatin mulkin soja Yakubu Gowon a wani juyin mulki.

Jagoran Mai Hanzari lokacim gwamnatinsa, Gomwalk ya Samar da Standard Nigerian a 1972;  Ya zuwa 2003, kamfani ne na gwamnati na yau da kullun da ke kan titin Joseph Gomwalk a cikin Jos.  Bayan ya kasa samun Jami’ar Ahmadu Bello ta Zariya don bude sansanin tauraron dan adam a jihar, sai ya koma Jami’ar Ibadan;  Cibiyar ta bude harabar ta Jos (wanda daga baya ya zama Jami'ar Jos) a cikin Nuwamba.

A cikin watan Agustan ta alif 1974, an buga takardun shaidar cin hanci da rashawa daga bangaren Gomwalk da Joseph Tarka, wakilin Jihar Benue-Plateau a Majalisar Zartarwa ta Tarayya; Tarka ya yi murabus, amma Gomwalk tare da goyon bayan Gowon ya ci gaba da zama a ofis.

Mutuwa

Bayan an hambarar da Gowon tare da nada Murtala Mohammed, Gomwalk yana da hannu a yunkurin juyin mulkin Buka Suka Dimka a ranar 13 ga Fabrairu, 1976, kuma an kashe shi da Dimka ta hanyar harbi a ranar 15 ga Mayu, 1976.