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          Abdulsalami Abubakar's government last year to rationalise the host of competing security organisations set up by Abacha.

          General Abdulsalami was sincere from the start and he was mainly motivated by the larger interest of Nigeria....

          Abdulsalami Abubakar

          Military head of state of Nigeria from 1998 to 1999

          Abdulsalami AbubakarGCFR (; born 13 June 1942) is a retired Nigerian army general who served as the military head of state of Nigeria from 1998 to 1999.[1] He was also Chief of Defence Staff from 1997 to 1998.

          He succeeded General Sani Abacha upon the latter's death.

          During his leadership, Nigeria adopted a modified version of the 1979 constitution, which provided for multiparty elections.

          Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida GCFR GCB (born 17 August ) is a Nigerian statesman and military dictator who ruled as military president of Nigeria from

        1. Born Abdulsalami Alhaji Abubakar on June 13, , in Minna, Nigeria; married Fati; six children.
        2. General Abdulsalami was sincere from the start and he was mainly motivated by the larger interest of Nigeria.
        3. General Abdulsalami is one of the greatest Nigerian leaders of all time.
        4. Abubakar was known among his colleagues as a rigorously apolitical soldier.

          5. He transferred power to president-elect Olusegun Obasanjo on 29 May 1999.[2] He is the current Chairman of the National Peace Committee.[3]

          Early life

          Abubakar, an ethnic Hausa, was born on 13 June 1942 to Abubakar Jibrin and Fatikande Mohammed, in Minna, Niger State, Nigeria.[4]

          From 1950 to 1956 he attended Minna Native Authority Primary school.

          From 1957 to 1962, he had his secondary school education at Government College, Bida, Niger State. From January to October 1963,