Abdullahi Sarki Mukhtar
| Abdullahi Sarki Mukhtar | |
|---|---|
| Governor of Katsina State | |
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In office September 1987 – July 1988 | |
| Succeeded by | Lawrence Onoja |
| Governor of Kaduna State | |
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In office July 1988 – August 1990 | |
| Preceded by | Abubakar Dangiwa Umar |
| Succeeded by | Tanko Ayuba |
| National Security Advisor | |
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In office May 2006 – 8 March 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Aliyu Mohammed Gusau |
| Succeeded by | Aliyu Mohammed Gusau |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
July 5, 1949 Kano State, Nigeria |
Major General Abdullahi Sarki Mukhtar (Rtd) was born on July 5, 1949 in Kano State. He was formerly the National security adviser to the president of Nigeria.[1] Rtd Major General Mukhtar was also a former military governor of Kaduna state and Katsina State, in the case of the latter he was the first administrator or governor.
Life and career
He had a fairly prominent army career culminating with his appointment as the general officer commanding the first division, Nigerian army in Kaduna state, before that, he was the Chief of Staff of a peace keeping force in Liberia.[2] The retired general was one of the few serving high-ranking officers in the middle of the 1990s who voiced concerns over the detention and trial of the former President Obasanjo and his former deputy Shehu Musa Yar'Adua.[3] He is known as a principled and charismatic officer who earned the respect of President Obasanjo when he refused to bulge to the demands of Sani Abacha, on the treatment of coups suspects in 1995. From January 23, 2002 to May 30, 2003 he administrated the Embassy of Nigeria in Moscow and was also to Minsk accredited.[4]
References
- ↑ "Nigeria;
- ↑ African Peace keepers in Liberia
- ↑ "Obasanjo In Danger.!" The News (Lagos), April 12, 1999.
- ↑