Jibril Yakubu

Jibril Bala Yakubu
Governor of Zamfara State
In office
7 October 1996 – May 1999
Preceded byRasheed Adisa Raji
(Sokoto State)
Succeeded byAhmad Sani Yerima

Colonel (retired) Jibril Bala Yakubu was the first Administrator of Zamfara State after it was created from part of Sokoto State in October 1996, holding office until the return to democracy in May 1999 during the military regimes of Generals Sani Abacha and Abdulsalami Abubakar.[1] As Zamfara administrator, Yakubu created five Emirates in the state and eleven new District Councils.[2] After handing over to the civilian governor Ahmed Sani Yerima in May 1999, as a former military administrator he was required to retire from the army.[3]

  1. ^ "Nigerian States". WorldStatesmen. Retrieved 2010-05-19.
  2. ^ "ZAMFARA STATE". Online Nigeria Daily News. 2003-12-02. Retrieved 2010-05-19.
  3. ^ "OBASANJO HIRES & FIRES". NDM DEMOCRACY WATCH 1999/03. 1 July 1999. Archived from the original on December 5, 2012. Retrieved 2010-05-06.