Sabo Bakin Zuwo

Aliyu Sabo Bakin Zuwo
Governor of Kano State
In office
1 October 1983 – 31 December 1983
DeputyWada Abubakar
Preceded byAbdu Dawakin Tofa
Succeeded byHamza Abdullahi
Personal details
BornDecember 31, 1934[1]
Kano, Northern Region, British Nigeria
(now Kano, Nigeria)
DiedFebruary 15, 1989(1989-02-15) (aged 54)[2]
Kano, Nigeria
Political partyPeople's Redemption Party
(1979 to 1983)

Aliyu Sabo Bakin Zuwo (December 31, 1934 – February 15, 1989) was a Nigerian politician of the People's Redemption Party (PRP).[3] He was a Senator in the Second Nigerian Republic and was elected governor of Kano State in October 1983, holding office briefly until the military coup on 31 December 1983 that brought General Muhammadu Buhari to power.

  1. ^ Kano State (Nigeria). Ministry of Information and Home Affairs (1991). Kano State Handbook ... and who is who. Ministry of Information and Home Affairs, Kano State. Retrieved 2015-07-19.
  2. ^ The African Guardian. Guardian Magazines. 1989. ISSN 0794-2788. Retrieved 2015-07-19.
  3. ^ "Nigeria States". World Statesmen. Retrieved 2010-04-26.