Abdullahi Sarki Mukhtar
Abdullahi Sarki Mukhtar | |
|---|---|
| National Security Adviser | |
| In office May 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 | 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.[citation needed] From January 23, 2002, to May 30, 2003, he administrated the Embassy of Nigeria in Moscow and was also accredited to Minsk.[4]
References[]
- 1949 births
- Nigerian generals
- Living people
- Governors of Katsina State
- Governors of Kaduna State
- Ambassadors of Nigeria to Russia