Datti Abubakar

Datti Sadiq Abubakar
Military Governor of Anambra State
In office July 1978 – October 1979
Preceded by	John Atom Kpera
Succeeded by	Jim Nwobodo
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Born	30 March 1939 Kano, Nigeria
Died	25 February 2005(2005-02-25) (aged 65)

Colonel Datti Sadiq Abubakar was Military Governor of Anambra State in Nigeria from July 1978 to October 1979 during the military regime of General Olusegun Obasanjo.^[1]

He was a graduate of Rumfa College, Kano.^[2] In July 1966 Lieutenant Datti Abubakar, Recce, was at the Abeokuta Garrison when most of the Igbo officers were killed, playing an active role in the coup that overthrew Major-General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi.^[3]

Abubakar was appointed Military Governor of Anambra State in July 1978, holding the position until October 1979.^[1] He placed the schools firmly under his control through a supervisory commission with broad powers over policy and staffing.^[4] Following major religious riots in Kano State in 1980, he was a member of the Kano Disturbances Tribunal of Inquiry to investigate causes and make recommendations.^[5]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Nigerian States". WorldStatesmen. http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Nigeria_federal_states.htm. Retrieved 2010-01-04. 
2. ^ Musa Umar Kazaure (June 18, 2003). "Rumfa college Kano: School under royal eyes". Daily Trust. http://news.biafranigeriaworld.com/archive/2003/jun/18/0179.html. Retrieved 2010-01-04. 
3. ^ Nowa Omoigui. "Operation Aure (2): Planning to Overthrow General Ironsi". Gamji. http://www.gamji.com/nowa/nowa26.htm. Retrieved 2010-01-04. 
4. ^ "Staff Discipline in the Anambra State Education Commission: A Review of Nsukka Education Zone from 1980 - 1988". University of Nigeria. September, 1990. http://www.unn.edu.ng/home/index2.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_view&gid=18473&Itemid=306. Retrieved 2010-01-04. 
5. ^ Toyin Falola (1998). Violence in Nigeria: the crisis of religious politics and secular ideologies. University Rochester Press. p. 159. ISBN 1580460186. 

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Name	Abubakar, Datti Sadiq
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Date of birth	March 30, 1939
Place of birth	kano city
Date of death	25 February 2005
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