Patrick Aziza

Manjo-Janar **Patrick Aziza** (An haife shi a ranar 23 ga watan Disamba shekarar 1947 ya mutu a ranar 16 ga watan Agusta shekara ta 2014) shi ne Gwamnan soja na farko a Jihar Kebbi, Nijeriya bayan da aka raba jihar da Jihar Sakkwato a ranar 27 ga watan Agusta shekara ta 1991 a lokacin mulkin soja na Janar Ibrahim Babangida.

## Haihuwa da farkon aiki
An kuma haifi Aziza a ƙaramar hukumar Okpe a jihar Delta a ranar 23 ga watan Disambar shekarar 1947. Ya girma a Abakaliki, jihar Ebonyi. Ya tafi Ibadan don karatun sakandare kafin ya shiga soja kuma ya shiga yakin basasa na Najeriya (1967-1970). Daga nan Aziza ta halarci Kwalejin Tsaro ta Najeriya, Kaduna, ta kammala a shekarar 1970. An ba shi kwamanda na 2 kuma an ba shi mukamin Laftana a shekarar 1970, kuma an tura shi zuwa Kwamandan Ruwa na 3 na Ruwa. A shekarar 1971, aka ba shi mukamin kaftin. An nada shi ADC ga shugaban hafsan soji, Manjo Janar David Ejoor. A shekarar 1974, ya halarci Makarantar horar da dakaru ta gaba a Fort Benning, Amurka don kwas na watanni 12.

An kuma tura Aziza zuwa Warri a matsayin kwamandan bataliya, sannan aka ciyar da shi zuwa Kano a matsayin babban birgediya. Ya kuma halarci Kwalejin Kwamanda da Ma'aikata, Jaji (1978-1979), sannan aka tura shi Hedikwatar Soja mai kula da motsi da tsare-tsare. A cikin wannan rawar da ya kuma taka ya tsara yadda za a tafiyar da rundunar sojojin Najeriya ga ayyukan Majalisar Ɗinkin Duniya, UNIFIL, a Lebanon. Aziza tayi aiki a majalisar zartarwa ta wucin gadi.

## Manyan muƙaman sojoji
Aziza shi ne Brigadiya Kwamandan Amphibious Brigade a Calabar lokacin da aka naɗa shi mai kula da mulkin soja na farko na Jihar Kebbi, yana rike da muƙamin daga ranar  28 ga watan Agusta shekarar 1991 zuwa watan Janairun shekara ta 1992, lokacin da ya mika wa zababben gwamnan farar hula Abubakar Musa a farkon zubar da cikin. Jamhuriya ta Uku ta Najeriya. 

Aziza ta kuma kasance memba ce ta kungiyar hafsoshin da suka shirya juyin mulkin da Janar Sani Abacha ya hau karagar mulki. Ya kasance Shugaban Kotun Soja ta Musamman da ta yanke wa Olusegun Obasanjo da Manjo Janar Shehu Musa Yar'Adua hukunci kan hannu a wani zargin juyin mulki a shekarar 1995. Ya kuma kasance shugaban kotun da ta yi wa ‘yan jarida shida shari’a saboda cin amanar ƙasa, dangane da wallafa asusun juyin mulkin. Gwajin sun yi sauri kuma an bayyana kammalawa a gaba. 

Aziza ya yi aiki a matsayin ministan sadarwa a mulkin soja na Janar Sani Abacha. A cikin wannan rawar ya soke lasisin kamfanoni 12 wadanda a baya aka basu damar samar da ayyukan sadarwa daban-daban. A watan Maris na shekara ta 1998, Aziza ta ce Najeriya na neman dala biliyan shida don "biyan bukatunmu na layin waya sama da miliyan uku da layukan salula 200,000." An naɗa shi Ministan Kasuwanci da yawon bude ido a lokacin mulkin riƙon ƙwarya na Janar Abdulsalami Abubakar.

## Aiyuka daga baya
Shugaba Olusegun Obasanjo ne ya buƙaci Aziza da ta yi ritaya daga aikin soja a watan Yunishekarar n 1999 bayan dawowar mulkin dimokuraɗiyya tare da Jamhuriya ta Huɗu ta Nijeriya, tare da wasu tsoffin shugabannin mulkin soja. A watan Oktoba na shekarar 2000, ya bayyana a gaban kwamitin Oputa kan take haƙƙin bil adama da ke zaune a Abuja, yana binciken Kotun Soji ta Musamman da ta yanke wa Obasanjo hukuncin ɗauri a kan zargin juyin mulkin 1995. Ya musanta bada umarnin azabtarwa dangane da kotun. A watan Yulin 2001, Hukumar Shari'a Michael Edem a kan Kudin fitar da koko da Cocoa Buffer na Asusun Kasafin sun tuhumi Aziza da laifin karkatar da kudi ba daidai ba yayin da Ministan Kasuwanci da Yawon Bude Ido. 

Aziza ya tsunduma cikin harkokin kasuwanci, kuma har ila yau ta sami nasarar mai son wasan golf.  Olokuku na Okuku na jihar Osun ne ya ba shi sarautar Ajaguna ta Okukuland ta jihar Okugu, shi ma Azizokpe na masarautar Okpe ta Orodje na masarautar Okpe ta jihar Delta kuma an nada shi Kwamandan Jamhuriyar Tarayya. Har zuwa rasuwarsa, ya kasance shugaban Janar na Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) ƙungiyar al'adun zamantakewar jama'ar mutanen Urhobo

Aziza ta mutu sakamakon cutar kansa a ranar 16 ga Agustan shekarar 2014 tana da shekara 66.

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