| Hammed Ali | |
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| Administrator of Kaduna State | |
| In office 22 August 1996 – August 1998 |
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| Preceded by | Lawal Jafaru Isa |
| Succeeded by | Umar Farouk Ahmed |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1938 |
Colonel Hammed Ali was Military Administrator of Kaduna State, Nigeria (August 1996 - August 1998) during the military regime of General Sani Abacha.[1] As governor, in October 1997 he sacked about 30,000 striking civil servants in Kaduna State, and detained 18 local government chairmen.[2] A journalist who reported on the sackings was arrested, severely beaten, then taken to the Government House and further tortured.[3] The story published in Tempo Magazine was entitled “Goodbye Justice”.[4]
After retirement, he became Secretary of the Arewa Consultative Forum, a northerm lobbying group, and a supporter of Major General Muhammadu Buhari in his bid to run for President.[5] In June 2006 Ali stated that there would be chaos if the North did not regain the presidency in 2007.[6] He supported Vice President Atiku Abubakar's comments to the effect that president Olusegun Obasanjo would honour his pledge to vacate office in 2007.[7]
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