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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- By Borno State Government
