Umaru Mohammed | |
Honorific Prefix: | Brigadier General |
Office1: | Military Governor of North-Western/Sokoto State |
Term Start1: | July 1975 |
Term End1: | July 1978 |
Predecessor1: | Usman Faruk |
Successor1: | Gado Nasko |
Birth Place: | Hadejia, Jigawa State, Nigeria |
Death Date: | 26 May 1980 |
Rank: | Brigadier General |
Umaru Mohammed was appointed Governor of North-Western State in Nigeria in July 1975 at the start of the military regime of General Murtala Mohammed. In February 1976 North-Western State was split into Niger State and Sokoto State. Umaru Mohammed continued as Governor of Sokoto State until July 1978.[1]
Umaru Mohammed died on 26 May 1980 in a crash of an Air Force Fokker F27 on the way to São Tomé and Príncipe on a diplomatic mission.[2] He was travelling in place of his professional friend Ibrahim Babangida, who had just been approved to travel to the United States for professional training.