ATIKU ABUBAKAR

Aiku Abubakar attended  Jada Junior Primary School 1954-57; Jada Senior Boarding Primary School, 1958-60; Adamawa Provincial Secondary School, Yola, 1961-65; School of Hygiene, Kano, 1966; Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1967-69; Cairo Police Academy, 1986.

his career began as a Tax Officer, Northern Nigeria Ministry of Finance, 1966; 

various positions, Federal Civil Service, 1966-89; 

Governor, Adwama State, 1999; 

Vice-President, 1999-2007.

Abubakar worked as a customs officer for twenty years, rising to the rank of Deputy Director before leaving in 1989 for politics and business.

Courtesy of Nuru Ahmed.