Abdullahi Ibrahim (military administrator)

Wing Commander (retired) Abdullahi Ibrahim was the first Military Administrator of Nasarawa State, Nigeria between August 1996 and August 1998 after the state was created from part of Plateau State during the military regime of General Sani Abacha.[1] He established the state's executive council and built the Government House and the state secretariat.[2] In August 1997 he announced that the federal government was going to review decisions of local government election appeal tribunals throughout the country, since there was evidence of corrupt malpractices in these tribunals.[3]

Abdullahi Ibrahim
Military Administrator of Nasarawa State
In office
7 October 1996 – 6 August 1998
Preceded byHabibu Idris Shuaibu
(Plateau State)
Succeeded byBala Mande

References
  1. "Nigeria States". WorldStatesmen. Archived from the original on 28 May 2010. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
  2. Melchizedec Onobe; Adako Aselema; Iliyasu Musa; Maaji Danduara & Lois Abimiku. "Voxpop - Six years of democracy: Its kudos and knocks". Nasarawa State. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
  3. "Transition or Travesty: Nigeria's Endless Process of Return to Civilian Rule". Human Rights Watch. 1 October 1997. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
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