Abubakar Maimalari

Lt. Colonel Abubakar Sadi Zakariya Maimalari was the Military Administrator of Jigawa State from August 1998 to 29 May 1999 during the transitional regime of General Abdulsalami Abubakar, when he handed over to the elected Executive Governor Ibrahim Saminu Turaki.[1] His father was Brigadier Zakariya Maimalari, a senior army officer who was murdered during the January 1966 coup that brought General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi to power.[2] Following the return to democracy, as a former military administrator he was required to retire from the army.[3]

Abubakar Sadi Zakariya Maimalari
Military Governor of Jigawa State
In office
August 1998  May 1999
Preceded byRasheed Shekoni
Succeeded byIbrahim Saminu Turaki
Personal details
NationalityNigerian
Military service
Allegiance Nigeria
Branch/service Nigerian Army
RankLieutenant Colonel

References

  1. "Nigerian States". WorldStatesmen. Archived from the original on 28 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
  2. Rupert Kawka (2002). From Bulamari to Yerwa to metropolitan Maiduguri: interdisciplinary studies on the capital of Borno State, Nigeria. Köppe. p. 153. ISBN 3-89645-460-9.
  3. "OBASANJO HIRES & FIRES". NDM DEMOCRACY WATCH 1999/03. 1 July 1999. Retrieved 2010-05-06.
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