Habibu Idris Shuaibu ya kasance mai kula da mulkin soja na jihar Neja a Najeriya daga watan Agustan 1998 zuwa Mayun 1999, lokacin da ya mika ragamar mulki ga zababben dimokiradiyya Abdulkadir Kure. Habibu Shuaibu ya kasance mataimaki ga Janar Ibrahim Babangida. A shekarar 1989, yayin da yake a Kwamandan Sojojin Amurka da Kwalejin Manyan Sojoji, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas ya rubuta wani kasida da ba a buga ba mai taken "sa hannun soja a siyasa a Najeriya: Tasirin kan sojojin Najeriya" .Ya yi magana a matsayin daya daga cikin wadanda suka goyi bayan mulkin Janar Babangida 27 ga Agusta, 1985, ya yi ikirarin cewa dalilin juyin mulkin da aka yi wa Muhammadu Buhari shi ne, Buhari bai rarraba mukamai ga kananan hafsoshi ba. An nada shi mai kula da jihar Filato a watan Agusta na 1996, ya ci gaba da rokon mutane su ba da goyon baya da hadin kai ga gwamnatin Sani Abacha don ba ta damar aiwatar da aikin da ke gabanta. Habibu Shuaibu ya yi ritaya daga aikin soja a matsayin Kanar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habibu_Idris_Shuaibu