predecessor successor office birth_date term_start article_title term_end name
garba ali mohammed musa inuwa administrator of niger state 1949 december 1987 lawan gwadabe
 january 1992 lawan gwadabe
lawan gwadabe

colonel lawan gwadabe was military administrator of niger state in nigeria from december 1987 to january 1992 during the military regime of general ibrahim babangida .
he was accused of planning a coup against general sani abacha in 1995 , for which he was jailed , tortured and convicted of treason .
after abacha 's death he was granted a state pardon .
