Paul Chabri Tarfa is a retired Nigerian Army Major General who was appointed Governor of Oyo State, during the military regime of General Olusegun Obasanjo, handing over to the elected civilian governor Bola Ige.He was appointed commandant of the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna.Under the military rule of General Murtala Mohammed (July 1975 – February 1976), Lieutenant-Colonel Tarfa became Provost Marshall General and was responsible, reporting to General Theophilus Danjuma, for the clean-up campaign in the four divisions of the army.