Kwamandan Sojan Sama Abubakar Salihu (an haife shi a shekara ta 1949 - ya mutu a ranar 9 ga watan Janairun shekara ta 2020) wani hafsan Sojan Sama ne wanda aka nada shi a matsayin gwamnan soja na jihohin Gongola da Adamawa. Ya kuma yi aiki a manya-manyan mukamai na aikin soja. An haifi Salihu a shekara ta 1949 a garin Kamba na jihar Kebbi. Daga baya ya halarci Kwalejin Barewa, Zariya, Jihar Kaduna. Bayan kammala Kwalejin Barewa, Salihu ya shiga Kwalejin Tsaro ta Najeriya (NDA). Ya ba da izini a matsayin Babban Jami'i a ko yaushe a cikin Koyarwar Yaƙin NDA. Ya kammala karatun Jami'in Fasaha na Jirgin Sama a Yammacin Jamus, kuma ya yi karatu a Cibiyar Horar da Sojoji ta Royal in Chichester, Ingila. Ya yi aiki a matsayin Mataimakin Shugaban Tsaron Sama na Burtaniya (1986-1990). A matsayin Kyaftin din rukuni an nada shi a matsayin Gwamnan Soja na jihar Gongola a watan Disambar shekara ta 1989 ta Janar Ibrahim Babangida. Bayan an raba jihar a ranar 27 ga watan Agustan shekara ta 1991 zuwa jihar Adamawa da jihar Taraba, ya ci gaba da zama gwamnan jihar ta Adamawa har zuwa watan Janairun shekara ta 1992.