predecessor successor birth_place office birth_date term_start article_title term_end name
abdullahi mohammed -lrb- benue-plateau -rrb- adebayo hamid lawal shelleng , numan lga , adamawa state , nigeria military governor of benue state 20 january 1942 3 february 1976 abdullahi shelleng
 july 1978 abdullahi shelleng
abdullahi shelleng

colonel abdullahi shelleng -lrb- born 20 january 1942 -rrb- was the first military governor of benue state , nigeria from 3 february 1976 to july 1978 during the military regime of general olusegun obasanjo , after benue state had been split from the old benue-plateau state .
