| Abubakar Sadi Zakariya Maimalari | |
| Office1: | Military Governor of Jigawa State |
| Term Start1: | August 1998 |
| Term End1: | May 1999 |
| Predecessor1: | Rasheed Shekoni |
| Successor1: | Ibrahim Saminu Turaki |
| Nationality: | Nigerian |
| Allegiance: |  Nigeria |
| Branch: | Nigerian Army |
| Rank: | Lieutenant Colonel |
Lt. Colonel Abubakar Sadi Zakariya Maimalari; was the Military Administrator of Jigawa State from August 1998 to 29 May 1999 during the transitional regime of General Abdulsalami Abubakar, when he handed over to the elected Executive Governor Ibrahim Saminu Turaki.[1] [2] He is father was Brigadier Zakariya Maimalari, a senior army officer who was murdered during the January 1966 coup that brought General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi to power.[3] Following the return to democracy, as a former military administrator he was required to retire from the army.[4]