Abdullahi Sarki Mukhtar

Major general
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, Colonial Nigeria
Military service
Allegiance Nigeria
Branch/service Nigerian Army
Rank 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 23 January 2002, to 30 May 2003, he administrated the Embassy of Nigeria in Moscow and was also accredited to Minsk.[3]

In 2017, around 5pm on Wednesday, his residence at Ahmadu Bello Way, Kano was raided by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.[4]

References

  1. ^ Shiner, Cindy (1994-09-16). "Coup Attempted by Liberian Rebels Thwarted by African Peacekeepers - The Tech". The Washington Post. Vol. 114, no. 41. Archived from the original on 2021-01-07. Retrieved 2022-07-21 – via The Tech.
  2. ^ "Obasanjo In Danger.!". The News. (Lagos), 12 April 1999.
  3. ^ "Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Saltanov Meets with Nigeria's Ambassador to Moscow Abdullahi Sarki Mukhtar". Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2015-05-14.
  4. ^ Jaafar, Jaafar (2017-03-02). "EFCC raids ex-NSA Sarki Mukhtar's house". Daily Nigerian. Retrieved 2024-08-29.