Kanar Lawan Gwadabe (an haife shi a shekara ta alif 1949) ya kasance mai kula da mulkin soja na Jihar Neja a watan Nijeriya, daga watan Disamba a shekara ta alif 1987 zuwa Janairun shekara ta alif 1992 a lokacin mulkin soja na Janar Ibrahim Babangida . An zarge shi da shirya juyin mulki ga Janar Sani Abacha a shekara ta alif 1995, wanda aka daure shi, inda aka azabtar da shi bisa ga zargin cin amanar ƙasa. Bayan rasuwar Abacha an bashi afuwa daga jihar. An haifi Gwadabe ne a shekara ta alif 1949 a garin Jos, jihar Filato, inda ya girma. Mahaifinsa Musulmi ne asalinsa Bafulatani . Manjo Gwadabe ya shiga cikin juyin mulkin 27 ga watan Agusta a shekara ta alif 1985, bayan ya dawo Bataliyar 245 (inda ya taba zama Kwamandan Kwamandan) daga kwasa-kwasan da ke Makarantar Armor ta Amurka, Fort Knox. Yana daya daga cikin ƙananan hafsoshin da aka ba aikin kame shugaban ƙasa, Janar Muhammadu Buhari, wanda suka cimma ba tare da wata wahala ba, suka maye gurbinsa da Janar Ibrahim Babangida . Bayan juyin mulkin, an naɗa Gwadabe Shugaban Layin Jirgin Ruwa na ƙasa .