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{{short description|Nigerian politician (born 1952)}}
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{{Infobox governor
|name = Yakubu Bako
| name = Yakubu Bako
|image =
| image =
| caption = Col. Yakubu Bako
|office1 = [[Governor of Akwa Ibom State]]
| office1 = [[Governor of Akwa Ibom State]]
|term_start1 = 15 December 1993
| term_start1 = 15 December 1993
|term_end1 = 21 August 1996
| term_end1 = 21 August 1996
|predecessor1 = [[Akpan Isemin]]
| predecessor1 = [[Akpan Isemin]]
|successor1 = [[Joseph Adeusi]]
| successor1 = [[Joseph Adeusi]]
|birth_date = 24 December 1952
| birth_date = {{bda|24 December 1952}}
|birth_place = Elele, Port Harcourt
| birth_place = Elele, Port Harcourt
⚫
Political Party = All Progressives Party (APC)
| spouse = Wulakai Leonard(ex-wife) (deceased)
⚫
|death_date =
Aisha Ngozi Bako(ex-wife)
⚫
|Educational background = Bachelor in Business Administration and Masters in Public Policy & Administration
Zainab Mustafa Bako(wife)
| children = 7
⚫
| party = [[All Progressives Congress]]
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| death_date =
| allegiance =
| branch = [[File:Flag of the Nigerian Army Headquarters.svg|21px]] [[Nigerian Army]]
| serviceyears = 1967–1999
| rank = [[Colonel]]
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| unit =
| commands =
| battles = [[Iraq-Iran War]]
| awards =
| alma_mater = [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]]
[[Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs]]
⚫
| education = Bachelor in Business Administration and Masters in Public Policy & Administration
}}
}}
Colonel (retired) '''Yakubu Bako''' was governor of [[Akwa Ibom State]], [[Nigeria]] from December 1993 to August 1996 during the military regime of General [[Sani Abacha]].<ref>{{Cite web
Colonel (retired) '''Yakubu Bako''' was governor of [[Akwa Ibom State]], [[Nigeria]] from December 1993 to August 1996 during the military regime of General [[Sani Abacha]].<ref>{{Cite web
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|title=Nigerian States
|title=Nigerian States
|publisher=WorldStatesmen
|publisher=WorldStatesmen
|accessdate=9 May 2010}}</ref>
|access-date=9 May 2010}}</ref>


Bako graduated from La Follette School of Public Affairs, [[University of Wisconsin-Madison]] in 1982.
Bako graduated from [[Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs|La Follette School of Public Affairs]], [[University of Wisconsin-Madison]] in 1982.
He served as a major in the [[United Nations Iran–Iraq Military Observer Group|United Nations peacekeeping operation in Iran]] after the [[Iran–Iraq War]], which was in place from 1988 to 1991.<ref>{{Cite web
He served as a major in the [[United Nations Iran–Iraq Military Observer Group|United Nations peacekeeping operation in Iran]] after the [[Iran–Iraq War]], which was in place from 1988 to 1991.<ref>{{Cite web
|url=http://www.lafollette.wisc.edu/alumnifriends/newsletter/2006fa/alumni.html
|url=http://www.lafollette.wisc.edu/alumnifriends/newsletter/2006fa/alumni.html
|title=Alumni and Friends: La Follette Notes Fall 2006
|title=Alumni and Friends: La Follette Notes Fall 2006
|publisher=La Follette School of Public Affairs
|publisher=La Follette School of Public Affairs
|accessdate=9 May 2010}}</ref>
|access-date=9 May 2010}}</ref>
After being appointed Akwa Ibom administrator in December 1993, Bako developed infrastructure in the [[Bakassi]] area, later forcibly claimed by [[Cross River State]].<ref>{{Cite web. He built the first ever-State Liaison Office (Akwa Ibom House) in Abuja. Although a Muslim, he established Akwa Ibom State Christian Pilgrims Welfare Board. He was the first Governor to send 50 Christains to Jerusalem. He built the present state-of-the-art University of Uyo Teaching Hospital. He retrieved from the natives, the land being use as farm land and developed the present Akwa Ibom Le Meridien Golf Course. He was a member of President Buhari Transition Sub-Committee on Security from April to June, 2015. He belong to the All Progressives Party (APC)
After being appointed Akwa Ibom administrator in December 1993, Bako developed infrastructure in the [[Bakassi]] area, later forcibly claimed by [[Cross River State]].<ref>{{Cite web. He built the first ever-State Liaison Office (Akwa Ibom House) in Abuja. Although a Muslim, he established Akwa Ibom State Christian Pilgrims Welfare Board. He was the first Governor to send 50 Christians to Jerusalem. He built the present state-of-the-art University of Uyo Teaching Hospital. He retrieved from the natives, the land being use as farm land and developed the present Akwa Ibom Le Meridien Golf Course. He was a member of President Buhari Transition Sub-Committee on Security from April to June, 2015. He belong to the All Progressives Party (APC)
|url=http://www.compassnewspaper.com/NG/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23300:oil-wells-obasanjo-tricked-cross-river&Itemid=7966
|url=http://www.compassnewspaper.com/NG/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23300:oil-wells-obasanjo-tricked-cross-river&Itemid=7966
|title=Oil wells: ‘Obasanjo tricked Cross River’
|title=Oil wells: ‘Obasanjo tricked Cross River’
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|work=Nigerian Compass
|work=Nigerian Compass
|author=Uduak Iniodu
|author=Uduak Iniodu
|accessdate=9 May 2010}}</ref>
|access-date=9 May 2010}}</ref>


In December 1997 he was jailed for alleged complicity in a coup to overthrow Sani Abacha.<ref>{{Cite web
In December 1997 he was jailed for alleged complicity in a coup to overthrow Sani Abacha.<ref>{{Cite web
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|work=Vanguard
|work=Vanguard
|date=13 March 1999
|date=13 March 1999
|accessdate=9 May 2010}}</ref>
|access-date=9 May 2010}}</ref>
In March 1998 he was among 26 who had been charged during the Gen Diya led coup plot against Ababcha administration. He was charged and convicted under 'other offences' because his offences of receiving bride from Alhaji Adamu Dankabo, and the importation of one pistol and 12 rounds of ammunitions in 1983 after his university education in the USA, has nothing to do with Diya's coup. Coup plotting was a capital offence.<ref>{{Cite web
In March 1998 he was among 26 who had been charged during the Gen Diya led coup plot against Ababcha administration. He was charged and convicted under 'other offences' because his offences of receiving bribe from Alhaji Adamu Dankabo, and the importation of one pistol and 12 rounds of ammunitions in 1983 after his university education in the US, has nothing to do with Diya's coup. Coup plotting was a capital offence.<ref>{{Cite web
|url=http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AFR44/006/1998/en
|url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AFR44/006/1998/en
|title=Nigeria: Further information on fear of torture or ill-treatment / legal concern / death penalty
|title=Nigeria: Further information on fear of torture or ill-treatment / legal concern / death penalty
|publisher=Amnesty International
|publisher=Amnesty International
|date=13 March 1998
|date=13 March 1998
|accessdate=9 May 2010}}</ref>
|access-date=9 May 2010}}</ref>
In March 1999 he was granted clemency and released.<ref>{{Cite web
In March 1999 he was granted clemency and released.<ref>{{Cite web
|url=http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/AFR44/001/1999/en/c57c034f-e276-11dd-9a65-bba353fc63d9/afr440011999en.pdf
|url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/afr44/001/1999/en/
|title=NIGERIA: Releases of political prisoners – questions remain about past
|title=NIGERIA: Releases of political prisoners – questions remain about past
|work=Amnesty International
|work=Amnesty International
|accessdate=9 May 2010}}</ref>
|access-date=9 May 2010}}</ref>
He and others were pardoned by President [[Olusegun Obasanjo]] in September 2003 after reviewing his case of non-involvement in any coup plotting. <ref>{{Cite web
He and others were pardoned by President [[Olusegun Obasanjo]] in September 2003 after reviewing his case of non-involvement in any coup plotting.<ref>{{Cite web
|url=http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Naija-news/message/2958
|url=https://groups.yahoo.com/group/Naija-news/message/2958
|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130210192523/http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Naija-news/message/2958
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=10 February 2013
|title=Buhari, IBB, 233 Others Honoured – Col. Bako, Yakassai, 27 others pardoned
|title=Buhari, IBB, 233 Others Honoured – Col. Bako, Yakassai, 27 others pardoned
|author=Josephine Lohor, Joseph Ushigiale
|author=Josephine Lohor, Joseph Ushigiale
|work=ThisDay
|work=ThisDay
|date=1 October 2003
|date=1 October 2003
|accessdate=9 May 2010}}</ref>
|access-date=9 May 2010}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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| NAME =Bako, Yakubu
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Nigerian politician (APC)
| DATE OF BIRTH = Dec 24, 1952
| PLACE OF BIRTH =[[Elele - Port Harcourt]], Nigeria
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| DATE OF DEATH =
| PLACE OF DEATH =
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bako, Yakubu}}
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:University of Wisconsin Whitewater & Madison alumni]]
[[Category: Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs alumni]]
[[Category:Nigerian military governors of Akwa Ibom State]]
[[Category:Nigerian military governors of Akwa Ibom State]]
[[Category:1952 births]]
[[Category:1952 births]]
[[Category:Recipients of Nigerian presidential pardons]]
[[Category:Recipients of Nigerian presidential pardons]]
He was a member Buhari Transition Sub-Committee on Security from April to June, 2015




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Yakubu Bako
Governor of Akwa Ibom State
In office
15 December 1993 – 21 August 1996
Preceded byAkpan Isemin
Succeeded byJoseph Adeusi
Personal details
Born (1952-12-24) December 24, 1952 (age 71)
Elele, Port Harcourt
Political partyAll Progressives Congress
SpouseWulakai Leonard(ex-wife) (deceased)

Aisha Ngozi Bako(ex-wife)

Zainab Mustafa Bako(wife)
Children7
EducationBachelor in Business Administration and Masters in Public Policy & Administration
Alma materUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs
Military service
Branch/service Nigerian Army
Years of service1967–1999
RankColonel
Battles/warsIraq-Iran War

Colonel (retired) Yakubu Bako was governor of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria from December 1993 to August 1996 during the military regime of General Sani Abacha.[1]

Bako graduated from La Follette School of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1982. He served as a major in the United Nations peacekeeping operation in Iran after the Iran–Iraq War, which was in place from 1988 to 1991.[2] After being appointed Akwa Ibom administrator in December 1993, Bako developed infrastructure in the Bakassi area, later forcibly claimed by Cross River State.[3]

In December 1997 he was jailed for alleged complicity in a coup to overthrow Sani Abacha.[4] In March 1998 he was among 26 who had been charged during the Gen Diya led coup plot against Ababcha administration. He was charged and convicted under 'other offences' because his offences of receiving bribe from Alhaji Adamu Dankabo, and the importation of one pistol and 12 rounds of ammunitions in 1983 after his university education in the US, has nothing to do with Diya's coup. Coup plotting was a capital offence.[5] In March 1999 he was granted clemency and released.[6] He and others were pardoned by President Olusegun Obasanjo in September 2003 after reviewing his case of non-involvement in any coup plotting.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Nigerian States". WorldStatesmen. Retrieved 9 May 2010.
  2. ^ "Alumni and Friends: La Follette Notes Fall 2006". La Follette School of Public Affairs. Retrieved 9 May 2010.
  3. ^ {{Cite web. He built the first ever-State Liaison Office (Akwa Ibom House) in Abuja. Although a Muslim, he established Akwa Ibom State Christian Pilgrims Welfare Board. He was the first Governor to send 50 Christians to Jerusalem. He built the present state-of-the-art University of Uyo Teaching Hospital. He retrieved from the natives, the land being use as farm land and developed the present Akwa Ibom Le Meridien Golf Course. He was a member of President Buhari Transition Sub-Committee on Security from April to June, 2015. He belong to the All Progressives Party (APC) |url=http://www.compassnewspaper.com/NG/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23300:oil-wells-obasanjo-tricked-cross-river&Itemid=7966 |title=Oil wells: ‘Obasanjo tricked Cross River’ |date=23 July 2009 |work=Nigerian Compass |author=Uduak Iniodu |access-date=9 May 2010}}
  4. ^ "COUPS D'ETAT IN NIGERIA: HISTORY, SURVIVORS and VICTIMS". Vanguard. 13 March 1999. Retrieved 9 May 2010.
  5. ^ "Nigeria: Further information on fear of torture or ill-treatment / legal concern / death penalty". Amnesty International. 13 March 1998. Retrieved 9 May 2010.
  6. ^ "NIGERIA: Releases of political prisoners – questions remain about past". Amnesty International. Retrieved 9 May 2010.
  7. ^ Josephine Lohor, Joseph Ushigiale (1 October 2003). "Buhari, IBB, 233 Others Honoured – Col. Bako, Yakassai, 27 others pardoned". ThisDay. Archived from the original on 10 February 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2010.


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