Abdullahi Sarki Mukhtar

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Abdullahi Sarki Mukhtar
National Security Adviser
In office
1 June 2006 – 8 March 2010
PresidentOlusegun Obasanjo
Umaru Musa Yar'adua
Preceded byAliyu Mohammed Gusau
Succeeded byAliyu Mohammed Gusau
Governor of Kaduna State
In office
July 1988 – August 1990
PresidentIbrahim Babangida
Preceded byAbubakar Dangiwa Umar
Succeeded byTanko Ayuba
Governor of Katsina State
In office
September 1987 – July 1988
PresidentIbrahim Babangida
Succeeded byLawrence Onoja
Personal details
Born (1949-07-05) 5 July 1949 (age 75)
Kano State, Nigeria
Military service
Allegiance Nigeria
Branch/service Nigerian Army
RankNigeria-Army-OF-7.svg 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

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

  1. ^ "Coup Attempted by Liberian Rebels Thwarted by African Peacekeepers - The Tech". Tech.mit.edu. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Obasanjo In Danger.!" The News (Lagos), April 12, 1999
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