Colonel Abu Ali
| Abu Ali | |
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| Governor of Bauchi State | |
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In office September 4, 1990 – January 1992 | |
| Preceded by | Joshua Madaki |
| Succeeded by | Dahiru Mohammed |
Lt. Colonel Abu Ali was Governor of Bauchi State, Nigeria from August 1990 to July 1992 during the military regime of Major General Ibrahim Babangida.[1]
As governor of Bauchi State he commissioned the Bauchi Township Water project, formed the Wikki Tourists Football Team, consolidated the Tomato Processing Company project and completed some hospital projects.[2]
In 1991 there were riots in Tafawa Balewa, where Christians and Muslims disputed a shared abattoir. The trouble spread to Bauchi and other towns. After some delay, Abu Ali imposed a dusk to dawn curfew, banned all public gatherings and deployed police and soldiers in all troubled areas to keep the peace. In all, perhaps 1,000 people died.[3]
He handed over to a democratically elected government in January 1992.[2]
References
- ↑ "Nigerian States". WorldStatesmen. Archived from the original on January 23, 2010. Retrieved January 12, 2010.
- 1 2 "Past Executive Council: Colonel Abu Ali (1990 - 1991)". Bauchi State Government. Archived from the original on July 25, 2011. Retrieved January 12, 2010.
- ↑ Karen Sorensen (1991). Nigeria, on the eve of "change": transition to what?. Human Rights Watch. p. 45. ISBN 1-56432-045-6.
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