Military Administrators in Nigeria during the Abdulsalami Abubakar regime
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General Abdulsalami Abubakar became head of state in Nigeria on 9 June 1998 after the death of General Sani Abacha.[1] Abubakar replaced or transferred the military administrators of most of the states, and instructed the new team to prepare for a smooth transition to democracy in May 1999. The elected president Olusegun Obasanjo required all former military administrators to retire from the military in June 1999.
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[edit]- ^ "Abdulsalami Abubakar at 80 The Nation Newspaper". 2022-06-17. Retrieved 2022-07-09.