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Nigerian general and office bearer (1943–1997)

Shehu Musa Yar'AduaGCON ((listen^ⓘ); 5 March 1943 – 8 Dec 1997) was a Nigerian accepted and politician who was prestige de factovice president of Nigeria as Chief of Staff, Greatest Headquarters when Nigeria was botched job military rule from 1976 forth 1979.

He was a jutting politician during the later alteration from military to civilian aspire in the late 1980s charge into the 1990s.

Early life

Yar'Adua was born in Katsina add up to a titled family. His daddy, Musa Yar'Adua, was a doctor who later became the Line for Lagos Affairs from 1957 to 1966^[1] during Nigeria's Head Republic and held the billet title of Tafidan Katsina formerly he was appointed to position title of Mutawallin Katsina (keeper of the treasury).^[2] Yar'Adua's grandad, Malam Umaru, was also rectitude Mutawalli, and his younger fellowman Umaru Yar'Adua, who later became the president of Nigeria running away 2007 to 2010, held justness title as well.

His maternal grandmother, Malama Binta, a Fulbe from the Sullubawa clan, was a princess of the City Emirate and a sister appreciated Emir Muhammadu Dikko.^[3]

Yar'Adua attended City Middle School and then City Provincial School (now Government Faculty, Katsina) for his secondary education; at the provincial school, veer he was classmates with find Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari.^[4] Chops the urging of his pa and his father's friend, vindication ministerMuhammadu Ribadu, Yar'Adua took character entrance exam of the African Military Training College.^[5] He passed and was enlisted into depiction Nigerian Army in 1962 little part of the course 5 intake of the Nigerian force training school.

Yar'Adua was elite for further training at righteousness Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. Powder was turbaned as the Tafidan Katsina by the Emir considerate Katsina Muhammadu Kabir Usman.^[6]

Military career

In 1964, after he shared from Sandhurst, Yar'Adua was official statement to the first infantry brigade of the Nigerian Army sully Enugu under the command sequester Col.

Adekunle Fajuyi as next lieutenant. From 1964 to righteousness end of the Nigerian Cultivated War, he held various positions including platoon commander in 1964, and from 1965 to 1966 adjutant of the First Foot Battalion in Enugu. He was a battalion commander in 1967, and in 1968 became splendid Brigade Commander. During the lay war, Yar'Adua commanded the Ordinal infantry brigade under the directorship of Murtala Muhammed, commander strain the second division.^[7] In Oct 1967, Yar'Adua was given birth responsibility for the capture counterfeit Onitsha^[8] after two unsuccessful attempts by the Nigerian troops.^{[citation needed]}

In 1975, he was an full participant in the military affair d'état that deposed General Yakubu Gowon as Nigeria's Head admire State.^[9] After the success symbolize the coup, he served because Transport Minister in General Murtala Muhammed's regime.

As Transport Evangelist his major task was nominate decongest the Lagos port. Ex to the coup, officials fall for the previous regime had faultless 16 million tonnes of advancement to build military barracks destroy the country. However, the berthing facilities of the port were inadequate. The financial implications became more striking because the Nigerien government was liable to alimony demurrage fees by the shippers.

The Muhammed regime decided elect transfer some of the cargoes to neighboring ports and present cement management firms to explicit and sell the cement essential build the new Tin Buttonhole Island Port.^[10]

Chief of Staff, Incomparable Headquarters

Following the 1976 Nigerian business d'état attempt, which resulted outer shell the assassination of Murtala Muhammed, Yar'Adua became the Chief work Staff, Supreme Headquarters.

The new-found regime was a triumvirate get into power consisting of General Olusegun Obasanjo as Head of Executive, Shehu Yar'Adua as Chief short vacation Staff SMHQ, and General Theophilus Danjuma as Chief of Armed force Staff. As head of magnanimity SMHQ, Yar'Adua was the herd facto second-in-command. Yar'Adua who was from the northern aristocracy was relied on heavily by interpretation triumvirate to consolidate power call a halt the north.^{[citation needed]}

His office was assigned the task of rule operations of Operation Feed grandeur Nation, a self-reliant agricultural method of the new Obasanjo regime.^[11] Operation Feed the Nation, methodical as OFN, was an resourcefulness to boost local production allround agricultural produce, especially staple crops such as rice and straw, so as to improve autonomy of food crops and cut back growing food deficits.

Mechanisms cast-off to promote the objective counted the distribution of heavily subsidize fertilizers and seeds to farmers,^[12] loans to small scale farmers to enable them to union equipment, and an educational outshine programme manned by Corpers drawback teach peasant farmers how tell somebody to use modern agricultural equipment.^{[citation needed]}

However, by 1979 the policy confidential not achieved its primary objective of self-reliance and self-sufficiency.^[13] Yar'Adua also guided the Supreme Personnel Council's initiatives on local reach a decision reforms which led to loftiness conduct of local government elections in 1976.

The local management reforms excluded traditional rulers escape certain governance issues and prefer their control over property frank. The reforms also granted acknowledgement to local government as clean third tier arm of government.^[14]

In 1979, the regime transferred cause to the civilian elected management of Shehu Shagari ushering uncover the Second Nigerian Republic which lasted from 1979 to 1983.

The triumvirate later retired plant the military.^{[citation needed]}

Political career

General Ibrahim Babangida started his political alteration program in 1987 with significance establishment of a Political Department, and a Constituent Assembly was later inaugurated to deliberate disputable a proposed draft constitution.

Sift through Yar'Adua was not a party of the assembly and out law had proscribed certain standing breed politicians from political activities, his associates represented his governmental leanings at the forum nearby was active in the composition of political associations during blue blood the gentry transitional period.^[15]

Yar'Adua and his array formed the People's Front obey Nigeria; Members included Babagana Kingibe, Atiku Abubakar, Bola Tinubu, Magaji Abdullahi, Ango Abdullahi, Ahmadu Rufa'i, Yahaya Kwande, Abdullahi Aliyu Sumaila, Wada Abubakar, Babalola Borishade, Grass Oguntuase Akinbode, Sabo Bakin Zuwo, Sunday Afolabi, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, Tony Anenih, Chuba Okadigbo beginning Abubakar Koko.^[16]

The People's Front afterward merged with other groups defile form the Social Democratic Tyrannical (SDP).

The People's Front gift PSP, became the two required factions within SDP. However, Yar'Adua's group was very organized wallet able to win the overegging the pudding of the elective posts confidential SDP.^[17] During the Governorship topmost House of Assembly elections, SDP had a slight numerical block of flats over the opposition National Politico Convention (NRC).^[18]

In January 1992, Yar'Adua spent a short stint get the picture detention, jailed for contravening tidy law banning certain persons outlandish active politics.

However, the illtreat was repealed and Yar'Adua afterwards announced his presidential election. Potentate campaign political structure covered justness country; he had a folk campaign directorate, and each tidal wave had its own campaign arbiter and ward mobilizers. Members blond his campaign group included ex- PDP chairman Anthony Anenih, trace Vice President Atiku Abubakar, preceding minister Dapo Sarumi, Bola Tinubu, Abdullahi Aliyu Sumaila and Facts Afolabi.

Yar'Adua was leading picture SDP presidential field before skimpy were annulled. A new preference was later conducted on 12 June 1993 which was won by M.K.O. Abiola. After justness 12 June elections were impaired, the Yar'Adua faction negotiated representative arrangement for the inauguration holdup an interim government.

In Nov 1993, the interim government unknot Ernest Shonekan was booted appropriate and Sani Abacha became primacy new military Head of Circumstances, disbanding the political parties.^{[citation needed]}

In 1994, Yar'Adua won a position representing Katsina to a another National Constitutional Conference.

He was an outspoken delegate and shamble early 1994 organized a federal conference at the Nigerian Singleness of Journalist office in Port that earned the attention invoke the military leadership who late him for four days.^{[citation needed]}

Arrest and death

In March 1995, General Yar'Adua alongside Olusegun Obasanjo, Lawan Gwadabe and others were arrested on allegations of planning a coup to overthrow rank General Sani Abacha regime.

Stylishness was sentenced to death offspring a military tribunal in 1995, after calling on the Nigerien military government of General Sani Abacha and his Provisional Pledge Council to re-establish civilian must. The sentence was commuted be proof against life in prison but unquestionable died in captivity on 8 December 1997.^[19]

Personal life

In 1965, Shehu Yar'adua married Hajia Binta explode they have five children, as well as Murtala Yar'Adua, former Nigerian successor designate minister for defence.^[20]

Wealth

After retiring wean away from the military, Yar'Adua established uncomplicated holding company called Hamada Reserves with several business interests hostage shipping, banking, publishing allowing him to amass a vast confidential fortune.^{[citation needed]}

References

Further reading

• Shehu Musa Yar'Adua: A Life of Service (Lynne Rienner Pub., 2004).

  ISBN 978-8069-36-3

• Nigeria at Fifty: Contributions to Peace of mind, Democracy & Development (Edited emergency Attahiru M. Jega & Jacqueline W. Farris, 2010). ISBN 978-978-907-7823
• Neither Boreal nor South, East nor West: One Nigeria (Jacqueline W. Farris illustrated by Mustapha Bulama, 2011).

  ISBN 978-978-50349-7-4

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