How to Pronounce Abba Kyari
#20
Most Popular
Boost
Nov 17, 1938 Died on 25 Nov 2018 (aged 80)
Nigerian military governor
ScorpioAbba Kyari - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family
Abba Kyari, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Family, Facts, Age, Net Worth, Biography and More in FamedBorn.com
About Abba Kyari
- Abba Kyari (17 November 1938 – 25 November 2018) was a Nigerian Army Brigadier who served as Governor of the now defunct North-Central State, Nigeria after it was formed from the Northern Region during the military regime of General Yakubu Gowon.
- As an army officer Kyari had survived a mutiny by a battalion under his command in the aftermath of the July 1966 Nigerian counter-coup.
- He subsequently rose to command the Nigerian Army's 1 Brigade and then the army's artillery branch.
- In July 1967 he was appointed governor of North-Central State under the military government of Yakubu Gowon.
- He held the position for seven years and implemented a masterplan for the development of the city of Kaduna.
- He cautiously welcomed the return to civilian rule.
- Kyari later led the northern delegation of the 1994 National Constitutional Conference and chaired its National Defence Committee.
- After his retirement he was a director or chairman of several businesses in Nigeria.
