Wing Commander (retired) Isa Mohammed was appointed Military Governor of
Gongola State,
Nigeria from December 1987 to December 1989 during the military regime of General
Ibrahim Babangida.
As governor, acting on instructions from Babangida's second in command, Vice Admiral
Augustus Aikhomu
Augustus Akhabue Aikhomu (20 October 1939 – 17 August 2011) was an Admiral in the Nigerian Navy, who served as the ''de facto'' Vice President of Nigeria under military head of state General Ibrahim Babangida from 1986 to 1993.
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, he refused to confer the staff of office to the Chief of the
Kilba of the
Hong local government area in Gongola.
When a court ruled in favor of two contenders for local government chairmanships on the grounds of electoral irregularities, Isa Mohammed refused to recognise the decision and swear them in as chairmen. He filed an injunction against the Nigerian Bar Association when they boycotted the courts in protest, and later filed a lawsuit against ''Punch'' for the way it had reported the incident.
After retirement, he took residence in the exclusive neighborhood of Rayfield in
Jos
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Plateau State
Plateau State is the twelfth-largest Nigerian state. It is in the centre of the country includes a range of hills surrounding the Jos Plateau, its capital, and the entire plateau itself.
Plateau State is described as "The Home of Peace and To ...
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In April 2006 he was among others arraigned for running Turaki Vanguard, a group loyal to Vice-President
Atiku Abubakar, which the government claimed was an unlawful group.
References
Living people
Governors of Gongola State
Nigerian military governors
1949 births
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