Yakubu Bako
| Yakubu Bako | |
|---|---|
| Governor of Akwa Ibom State | |
| In office 15 December 1993 – 21 August 1996 | |
| Preceded by | Akpan Isemin |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Adeusi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 December 1952 Alele, Port Harcourt |
Colonel (retired) Yakubu Bako was governor of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria from December 1993 to August 1996 during the military regime of General Sani Abacha.[1]
Bako graduated from La Follette School of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1982. He served as a major in the United Nations peacekeeping operation in Iran after the Iran–Iraq War, which was in place from 1988 to 1991.[2] After being appointed Akwa Ibom administrator in December 1993, Bako developed infrastructure in the Bakassi area, later forcibly claimed by Cross River State.[3]
In December 1997 he was jailed for alleged complicity in a coup to overthrow Sani Abacha.[4] In March 1998 he was among 26 who had been charged with treason, a capital offence, or related offences.[5] In March 1999 he was granted clemency and released.[6] He and others were pardoned by President Olusegun Obasanjo in September 2003.[7]
References
- ↑ "Nigerian States". WorldStatesmen. Retrieved 9 May 2010.
- ↑ "Alumni and Friends: La Follette Notes Fall 2006". La Follette School of Public Affairs. Retrieved 9 May 2010.
- ↑ Uduak Iniodu (23 July 2009). "Oil wells: ‘Obasanjo tricked Cross River’". Nigerian Compass. Retrieved 9 May 2010.
- ↑ "COUPS D'ETAT IN NIGERIA: HISTORY, SURVIVORS and VICTIMS.". Vanguard. 13 March 1999. Retrieved 9 May 2010.
- ↑ "Nigeria: Further information on fear of torture or ill-treatment / legal concern / death penalty". Amnesty International. 13 March 1998. Retrieved 9 May 2010.
- ↑ "NIGERIA: Releases of political prisoners – questions remain about past". Amnesty International. Retrieved 9 May 2010.
- ↑ Josephine Lohor, Joseph Ushigiale (1 October 2003). "Buhari, IBB, 233 Others Honoured – Col. Bako, Yakassai, 27 others pardoned". ThisDay. Retrieved 9 May 2010.
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