Samuel Jereton Mariere

Chief Samuel Jereton Mariere was the first Premier of the Mid-Western Region of Nigeria (9 February 1964 – 15 January 1966), an Urhobo from Akoka / Idjerhe whose tenure ended with the 1966 military coup. The Mid-Western Region later became Bendel (1976) and then split into modern **Edo and Delta** states (1991). The corpus surfaces **no corruption case** against him. He was widely regarded as a man of integrity in mid-1960s First-Republic politics. The Delta archive should treat him as `contextual` — he never governed modern Delta-State territory alone (his region included modern Edo as well, and Benin City was his headquarters). If the corpus is enriched with a corruption case, this entry should be re-evaluated; otherwise recommend `contextual` for both `delta.md` and `edo.md` audits.