Abdullahi Ibrahim (military administrator) explained

Abdullahi Ibrahim
Office1:	Military Administrator of Nasarawa State
Term Start1:	7 October 1996
Term End1:	6 August 1998
Predecessor1:	Habibu Idris Shuaibu (Plateau State)
Successor1:	Bala Mande

Wing Commander (retired) Abdullahi Ibrahim was the first Military Administrator of Nasarawa State, Nigeria between August 1996 and August 1998 after the state was created from part of Plateau State during the military regime of General Sani Abacha.^[1] He established the state's executive council and built the Government House and the state secretariat.^[2] In August 1997 he announced that the federal government was going to review decisions of local government election appeal tribunals throughout the country, since there was evidence of corrupt malpractices in these tribunals.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nigeria States . WorldStatesmen . 3 June 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100528072649/http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Nigeria_federal_states.htm. 28 May 2010 . live.
2. Web site: Voxpop - Six years of democracy: Its kudos and knocks . Melchizedec Onobe . Adako Aselema . Iliyasu Musa . Maaji Danduara . Lois Abimiku . amp . Nasarawa State . 3 June 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110719035538/http://www.nasarawastate.org/newsday/news/nasarawa/10528112640.html . 19 July 2011 .
3. Web site: Transition or Travesty: Nigeria's Endless Process of Return to Civilian Rule . Human Rights Watch . 1 October 1997 . 3 June 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121010023808/http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/country%2C%2CHRW%2C%2CNGA%2C%2C3ae6a8314%2C0.html . 10 October 2012 .