Audu Bako Tsohon kwamishinan yansanda ne Mai ritaya,an haife shi a shekara ta alif 1924, Shine gwamnan farko na jihar Kano, Nijeriya a lokacin mulkin soja na General Yakubu Gowon bayan kafuwar jahar daga yankin Arewacin Najeriya. An haifi Audu Bako a shekarar 1924 a Barikin yansanda dake Kaduna. Mahaifinsa yayi aikin dansanda na tsawon shekaru 36. Audu yayi karatu a Makarantar Kaduna Government School da kuma Zariya Middle School. Bako ya shiga aikin dansanda a 1942. An nada shi a matsayin Gwamnan Jihar Kano a lokacin tshohuwar jahar ta Kano a 1967 lokacin mulkin soja. Bako yayi aiyukan raya kasa sosai a jahar ta kano. A shekarar 1969 ya fara gina madatsar ruwa ta Bagauda. Tsakanin 1970-1973 gwamnatinsa ta gina babbar madatsar ruwa ta Tiga, domib bunkasa harkar Noma. Aikinsa na samar da ruwansha na Timas Danbatta ya tsaya, har sai a shekarar 2008 sannan aka karasa shi inda ake samar da ruwan sha ga kananan hukumomin Dambatta, Makoda da Minjibir. Audu Bako yayi ritaya a 1975 lokacin mulkin retired a 1975 Murtala Muhammed inda ya kama aikin noma a jahar Sokoto. Ya rasu a 1980 yabar mata da yaya 11.