Tanko Zubairu | |
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Administrator of Imo State | |
In office 22 Aug 1996 –29 May 1999 | |
Preceded by | James N.J. Aneke |
Succeeded by | Achike Udenwa |
Colonel Tanko Zubairu was the Military Administrator of Imo State,Nigeria from August 1996 until May 1999,when he handed over to the elected civilian governor Achike Udenwa. [1] [2] During his tenure,he had to deal with violent protests over ritual killings. In 1997 he signed warrants for execution by firing squad of six men accused of this crime. [3] Bob Njemanze,a member of the Njemanze ruling dynasty in Owerri,Imo State,described Zubairu's tenure as that of "a soldier in a hurry to nowhere and getting to nowhere". [4]
He was said to have supported the All Nigeria People's Party (ANPP) in the April 1999 Imo State governorship elections,but in the event the People's Democratic Party (PDP) won the election. [5] After the hand-over,the Imo House of Assembly summoned him to give an account of his stewardship of the state. He refused on the grounds that as a military administrator he was not required to give an account to civilians. The matter dragged through the courts until 2007,when the Supreme Court said he should give evidence if requested. [6]
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