Abdullahi Mohammed
| Abdullahi Mohammed | |
|---|---|
| Governor of Benue-Plateau State, Nigeria | |
|
In office July 1975 – March 1976 | |
| Preceded by | Joseph Gomwalk |
| Succeeded by |
Abdullahi Shelleng (Benue) Dan Suleiman (Plateau) |
| Director General of the National Security Organization | |
|
In office 1976 – October 1979 | |
| Succeeded by | Umaru Shinkafi |
| National Security Adviser, Nigeria | |
|
In office June 1998 – May 1999 | |
| Chief of Staff to the President of Nigeria | |
|
In office May 1999 – 2 June 2008 | |
| Succeeded by | Gbolade Osinowo |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1939 Ilorin |
Major General (RTD) Abdullahi Mohammed was Governor of Benue-Plateau State, Nigeria from July 1975 to February 1976 during the military regime of General Murtala Mohammed.[1] Later he was Chief of Staff for ten years, holding office from May 1999 until June 2008.
Mohammed was born in Ilorin. Mohammed was Director of Military Intelligence in July 1975, and formed and executed the plan with other colonels including Shehu Musa Yar'Adua, Joseph Nanven Garba, Muhammadu Buhari and Ibrahim Taiwo to depose General Yakubu Gowon, after which they transferred power to General Murtala Muhammed as head of state.[2][3] Immediately after the coup, he was appointed Governor of Benue Plateau State.[4]
After Olusegun Obasanjo had taken over control, he recalled Mohammed in March 1976 and appointed him to the Supreme Military Council as Director General of the Nigeria Security Organisation with the additional responsibility for police security.[5] Later he was made director of military intelligence. After General Olusegun Obasanjo handed over to elected civilians at the start of the Nigerian Second Republic in 1979, Muhammed retired from the army. He went into private business, becoming managing director of Atoto Press in Ilorin.[6]
In 1998 General Abdusalami Abubakar, who took over as head of state after the unexpected death of General Sani Abacha, appointed Muhammed as national security adviser. His successor, President Olusegun Obasanjo made Muhammed his chief of staff, and President Umaru Yar'Adua re-appointed Muhammed as Chief of Staff when he assumed office on May 29, 2007. Mohammed resigned as of 2 June 2008.[6]
References
- ↑ "Nigerian States". WorldStatesmen. Archived from the original on 28 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-15.
- ↑ Nowa Omoigui. "Military Rebellion of July 29, 1975: The coup against Gowon - Part 9". Dawodu. Retrieved 2010-05-15.
- ↑ Ebenezer Babatope (7 November 2004). "Nigeria's Quest for Stability: The Challenges Ahead (3)". Vanguard. Retrieved 2010-05-15.
- ↑ Max Siollun (2009). Oil, politics and violence: Nigeria's military coup culture (1966-1976). Algora Publishing. p. 233. ISBN 0-87586-708-1.
- ↑ S. K. Panter-Brick, Simone K. Panter-Brick (1978). Soldiers and oil: the political transformation of Nigeria. Routledge. p. 89. ISBN 0-7146-3098-5.
- 1 2 Juliana Taiwo (2008-05-30). "Yar'Adua's Chief of Staff, Mohammed, Resigns". ThisDay). Retrieved 2010-05-15.