John Kadiya

John Jatau Kadiya was a Nigerian politician, administrator and former minister. He was a senatorial candidate for the Plateau North senatorial election in 1979, and the gubernatorial candidate in the Plateau State elections of 1983, representing the National Party of Nigeria.[1] He was a minister for aviation and the minister for the federal capital territory between 1979 and 1983.[2] He was detained under the Administration of General Buhari in 1984 and was not released until 1985, when a new government was in place. He is from Plateau State.

He was a prominent figure during the Shehu Shagari regime. John Kadiya died on January 5, 1997.

References

1. Bello, Emmanuel G.; Ajibola (SAN), Prince Bola A. (2023-07-17). Essays in Honour of Judge Taslim Olawale Elias: Volume I Contemporary International Law and Human Rights / Volume II African Law and Comparative Public Law. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. p. 784. ISBN 978-90-04-63784-9.
2. Africa Research Bulletin. Blackwell. 1982. p. 6618.