predecessor successor birth_place office birth_date term_start article_title term_end name
colonel umaru mohammed hamza abdullahi shehu kangiwa jeremiah timbut useni nasko , magama lga , niger state governor of sokoto state minister fct abuja 1941 july 1978 1989 gado nasko
 october 1979 1993 muhammad gado nasko
gado nasko

lieutenant general muhammad gado nasko -lrb- born 1941 -rrb- was the military governor of sokoto state , nigeria between 1978-1979 .
nasko retired from the army in 1993 after a palace coup by his colleague sani abacha ushered in a new set of ministers .
he was at the time a lt gen and one of the few high ranking generals left in 1993 after the exit of military dictator ibrahim babangida retired to his village home in nasko niger state quietly to his new life as a farmer and community leader .
he was decorated by president olusegun obasanjo with the national honour award of `` commander of the order of the niger '' -lrb- con -rrb- and recognised as one of the most respected states men in nigeria .
former gado nasko barracks , now lungi barracks , in the nation 's capital abuja , was named for him .
he is married to two wives fatima and rakiya with 9 children namely : umar , hamza , ibrahim , abdulazeez , abubakar , aminu , fatima , zainab , and maryam .
