Military Administrators In Nigeria 1998-1999 (Abdulsalami Abubakar Regime)

General Abdulsalami Abubakar was the last military Head of State before the Fourth Republic. He was the Chief of Defence Staff during Abacha’s regime

He did what his predecessors (Ibrahim Babangida and Sani Abacha) were unable to do by handling over to the democratically elected president.

Abdulsalami Abubakar assumed office on June 9, 1998, after the death of General Sani Abacha on June 8, 1998.

Below are the military administrators that worked with Abdulsalami Abubakar between June 1998 to May 29, 1999

State	Military Administrators
Abia	Anthony Obi
Adamawa	Ahmadu Hussaini
Akwa Ibom	John Ebiye
Anambra	Emmanuel Ukaegbu
Bauchi	Abdul Mshelia
Bayelsa	Paul Obi
Benue	Dominic Oneya
Borno	Lawal Haruna
Cross River	Christopher Osondu
Delta	Walter Feghabo
Ebonyi	Simeon Oduoye
Edo	Anthony Onyearugbulem
Ekiti	Atanda Yusuf
Enugu	Adewunmi Agbaje
Gombe	Mohammed Bawa
Imo	Tanko Zubairu
Jigawa	Abubakar Maimalari
Kaduna	Umar Farouk Ahmed
Kano	Aminu Isa Kontagora
Katsina	Joseph Akaagerger
Kebbi	Samaila Bature Chamah
Kogi	Augustine Aniebo
Kwara	Rasheed Shekoni
Lagos	Mohammed Buba Marwa
Nasarawa	Bala Mande
Niger	Habibu Idris Shuaibu
Ogun	Kayode Olofin-Moyin
Ondo	Moses Fasanya
Osun	Theophilus Bamigboye
Oyo	Amen Edore Oyakhire
Plateau	Musa Shehu
Rivers	Sam Ewang
Sokoto	Rufai Garba
Taraba	Aina Owoniyi
Yobe	Musa Mohammed
Zamfara	Jibril Yakubu

Note: Some of the military administrators that worked with Sani Abacha were retained by the regime of Gen. Salami while some of them were redeployed to another state.

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