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Alhaji Aliyu Sabo Bakin Zuwo
Civilian Governor of Kano State briefly in the Second Republic (1 October 1983 - 31 December 1983) under the People's Redemption Party (PRP), removed by the Buhari-Idiagbon military coup on 31 December 1983. After the coup, security forces searching the Kano Government House reportedly recovered roughly N3.4 million in cash 'stacked up' in his private bedroom; his retort 'Government money in Government House, what's wrong with that?' became one of the era's most-quoted lines. He was tried in Kaduna by the Buhari-era Special Military Tribunal on Corrupt Practices (Kaduna Zone) chaired by Navy Captain M.A.B. Elegbede, and convicted in June 1984, together with his Commissioner for Rural Development Sani Sule, of accepting the equivalent of $135,000 in kickbacks on a contract awarded to a Bulgarian firm; each received a 22-year sentence with no right of appeal. He was further convicted on additional corruption counts in 1985. Released in January 1988 after the Babangida regime reviewed Buhari-era tribunal sentences. Died 16 February 1989 at age 54.
Sources
- SOURCE-01UPI Archives - 'The former governor of Nigeria's northern Kano state' (20 June 1984)
- UPI Archives - 'The former governor of Nigeria's northern Kano state' (20 June 1984)www.upi.com/Archives/1984/06/20/The-former-governor-of-Nigerias-northern-Kano-state-and/7730456552000
- SOURCE-02The Guardian Nigeria - 'Historic perspective on the pardon of Alli and Enahoro - Part 2' by Eric Teniola (Sep 2020)
- The Guardian Nigeria - 'Historic perspective on the pardon of Alli and Enahoro - Part 2' by Eric Teniola (Sep 2020)guardian.ng/opinion/historic-perspective-on-the-pardon-of-alli-and-enahoro-part-2/
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- SOURCE-04Vanguard - 'Historic perspective on the pardon of Alli and Enahoro (2)' by Eric Teniola (Sep 2020)
- Vanguard - 'Historic perspective on the pardon of Alli and Enahoro (2)' by Eric Teniola (Sep 2020)www.vanguardngr.com/2020/09/historic-perspective-on-the-pardon-of-alli-and-enahoro-2/
- SOURCE-05Economic Confidential - 'Historic Perspective on the Pardon of Alli and Enahoro' by Eric Teniola (Sep 2020)
- Economic Confidential - 'Historic Perspective on the Pardon of Alli and Enahoro' by Eric Teniola (Sep 2020)economicconfidential.com/2020/09/historic-perspective-pardon-alli-enahoro/
- SOURCE-06Punch - 'Dad never spent a night at Government House as governor - Bakin Zuwo's son'
- Punch - 'Dad never spent a night at Government House as governor - Bakin Zuwo's son'punchng.com/dad-never-spent-a-night-at-government-house-as-governor-bakin-zuwos-son/
- SOURCE-07Premium Times - Sabo Bakin-zuwo tag archive
- Premium Times - Sabo Bakin-zuwo tag archivewww.premiumtimesng.com/tag/sabo-bakin-zuwo
- SOURCE-08Biographical Legacy and Research Foundation (BLERF) - Zuwo, Alh. Sabo Bakin
- Biographical Legacy and Research Foundation (BLERF) - Zuwo, Alh. Sabo Bakinblerf.org/index.php/biography/zuwo-alhaji-sabo-bakin/
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