Abdullahi Sarki Mukhtar
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Abdullahi Sarki Mukhtar | |
|---|---|
| National Security Adviser | |
| In office 1 June 2006 – 8 March 2010 | |
| President | Olusegun Obasanjo Umaru Musa Yar'adua |
| Preceded by | Aliyu Mohammed Gusau |
| Succeeded by | Aliyu Mohammed Gusau |
| Governor of Kaduna State | |
| In office July 1988 – August 1990 | |
| President | Ibrahim Babangida |
| Preceded by | Abubakar Dangiwa Umar |
| Succeeded by | Tanko Ayuba |
| Governor of Katsina State | |
| In office September 1987 – July 1988 | |
| President | Ibrahim Babangida |
| Succeeded by | Lawrence Onoja |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 July 1949 Kano State, Colonial Nigeria |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Nigeria |
| Branch/service |  Nigerian Army |
| Rank |  Major general |
Abdullahi Sarki Mukhtar (born 5 July 1949, in Kano State, Nigeria) was formerly the National security adviser to the president of Nigeria. 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[edit]
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.[1] 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.[2] He is known as a principled and charismatic officer who earned the respect of President Obasanjo when he refused to budge to the demands of Sani Abacha, on the treatment of coups suspects in 1995.[citation needed] From January 23, 2002, to May 30, 2003, he administrated the Embassy of Nigeria in Moscow and was also accredited to Minsk.[3][4]
References[edit]
- ^ "Coup Attempted by Liberian Rebels Thwarted by African Peacekeepers - The Tech". Tech.mit.edu. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
- ^ "Obasanjo In Danger.!" The News (Lagos), April 12, 1999
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2015-05-14.
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