Mataimakin Admiral Murtala Nyako nairitaya, GCON, CFR: rcds, D.Agric. (HC) an zaba shi mukaddashin gwamna na jihar Adamawa, Najeriya, lokacin da ya karbi mukamin a watan Mayu 2007. Kafin wannan lokacin ya yi aiki a Sojan Sama, a lokacin yana gwamnan soja na Jihar Neja, kuma aka nada shi a matsayin Hafsan Sojan Sama a watan Disamba 1989. An haifi Murtala Hamman-Yero Nyako a Mayo-Belwa, jihar Adamawa a ranar 27 ga watan Agusta 1943. Mahaifinsa, Alhaji Hamman-Yero, shahararren ɗan kasuwa ne kuma mai samar da sayayya, wanda ayyukansa na yau da kullun ne ke da alhakin kafa John Holts da san Sons Ltd a Mayo-Belwa. Mahaifiyarsa, Hajiya Maryam Daso, uwargida ce kuma ta kasance mai himma kan karatun Islamiyya da magungunan ganye. Ya fara karatunsa na yamma a makarantar firamare ta Mayo-Belwa a watan Janairun 1952, ya tafi makarantar sakandare ta Yola a watan Janairun 1955 sannan ya fara karatun sakandare a cikin makarantar a watan Janairun 1958. Ya kasance sananne yayin da yake can saboda ci gaban karatunsa da kuma ƙarfin motsa jiki.