Datti Abubakar

Military Governor of Anambra state
Datti Sadiq Abubakar
Military Governor of Anambra State
In office
July 1978 – October 1979
Preceded byJohn Atom Kpera
Succeeded byJim Nwobodo
Personal details
Born30 March 1939[citation needed]
Kano, Nigeria[citation needed]
Died25 February 2005(2005-02-25) (aged 65)[citation needed]

Colonel Datti Sadiq Abubakarpronunciationⓘ was Military Governor of Anambra State in Nigeria from July 1978 to October 1979 during the military regime of General Olusegun Obasanjo.[1]

He was a graduate of Rumfa College, Kano.[2] In July 1966 Lieutenant Datti Abubakar, Recce, was at the Abeokuta Garrison when most of the Igbo officers were killed, playing an active role in the coup that overthrew Major-General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi.[3]

Abubakar was appointed Military Governor of Anambra State in July 1978, holding the position until October 1979.[1] He placed the schools firmly under his control through a supervisory commission with broad powers over policy and staffing.[4] Following major religious riots in Kano State in 1980, he was a member of the Kano Disturbances Tribunal of Inquiry to investigate causes and make recommendations.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Nigerian States". WorldStatesmen. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
  2. ^ Musa Umar Kazaure (June 18, 2003). "Rumfa college Kano: School under royal eyes". Daily Trust. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
  3. ^ Nowa Omoigui. "Operation Aure (2): Planning to Overthrow General Ironsi". Gamji. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
  4. ^ "Staff Discipline in the Anambra State Education Commission: A Review of Nsukka Education Zone from 1980 - 1988". University of Nigeria. September 1990. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
  5. ^ Toyin Falola (1998). Violence in Nigeria: the crisis of religious politics and secular ideologies. University Rochester Press. p. 159. ISBN 1-58046-018-6.
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Nigerian Second Republic (1979-1983)
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Military regime (1984-1992)
  • Allison Madueke
  • Samson Omeruah
  • Robert Akonobi
  • Herbert Eze
  • Joseph Abulu
Nigerian Third Republic (1992-1993)Military regime (1993-1998)Nigerian Fourth Republic (1999-present)
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Military Governors in Nigeria during the Olusegun Obasanjo regime (13 February 1976 – 1 October 1979)
See also Military Governors in Nigeria during the Murtala Muhammed regime (1975 - 1976) and State governors in the Nigerian Second Republic (1979 - 1983)


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