Janar Halliru Akilu(an haife shi a ranar 2 ga watan nuwamba shekarar 1947) wani janar ne na Najeriya wanda ya kasance Darakta na Leken Asiri na Kasa da kuma Daraktan Leken Asiri na Soja a lokuta daban-daban a cikin shekarun 1990. An haifi Akilu kuma ya yi karatu a jihar Kano An nada Akilu a shekarar 1967 bayan ya halarci Makarantar Kwalejin Tsaro ta Najeriya. Daga baya ya halarci Kwalejin Kananan Makarantu, Warminister (1973), Command and Staff College a Pakistan (1979), Kings College London (1983), da kuma National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies a Kuru (1989). A shekarar 1969, yayi yakin lokacin yakin basasar Najeriya a matsayin kwamandan kamfanin kuma ya samu rauni. Daga baya ya zama, kwamandan bataliyan sojoji 146 da suka dakile tarzomar addini ta Maitatsine . Daga baya Akilu ya shiga Daraktan Leken Asiri na Soja. A matsayin sa na Laftanar kanar, ya shiga cikin matakan tunaninta na juyin mulkin soja na shekarar 1983 wanda ya kifar da Jamhuriyyar Nijeriya ta Biyu kuma ya hau karagar mulkin Janar Muhammadu Buhari .