Kanal (mai ritaya) Yakubu Bako ya kasance gwamnan jihar Akwa Ibom, Najeriya daga watan Disamban a shekara ta ( 1993 ), a lokacin mulkin soja na Janar Sani Abacha . Bako ya kammala karatu a Makarantar Harkokin Jama'a ta La Follette, Jami'ar Wisconsin-Madison a shekara ta( 1982 ). Ya yi aiki a matsayin mai mukamin Menjo a aikin wanzar da zaman lafiya na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya a Iran bayan yakin Iran –Iraki, wanda aka yi shi daga shekara ta(1988 )zuwa (1991). Bayan an nada shi mai kula da Akwa Ibom a watan Disambar a shekara ta (1993), Bako ya samar da kayayyakin more rayuwa a yankin Bakassi, daga baya kuma jihar Kuros Riba ta tilasta shi. A watan Disambar a shekara ta (1997) aka daure shi kan zargin hadin baki a juyin mulkin da aka yi wa Sani Abacha. A watan Maris na shekara ta (1998) yana daga cikin mutane( 26) da aka gurfanar a lokacin da Janar Diya ya jagoranci yunkurin juyin mulki ga gwamnatin Abacha.