What is Umar Farouk Ahmed?
'''Umar Farouk Ahmed''' was former Military Administrator of Cross River State, [[Nigeria]],during the military regime of General Sani Abacha. He was then appointed administrator of [[Kaduna State]] (governor) in August during the transitional regime of General Abdulsalami Abubakar, handing over power to the elected [[civilian]] governor Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nigerian States|url=https://www.worldstatesmen.org/Nigeria_federal_states.htm|access-date=2021-05-18|website=www.worldstatesmen.org}}</ref>{{Infobox Officeholder | name = Umar Farouk Ahmed | image = | office1 = Administrator of Cross River State | term_start1 = August 1996 | term_end1 = August 1998 | predecessor1 = [[Gregory Agboneni]] | successor1 = [[Christopher Osondu]] | office2 = Administrator of Kaduna State | term_start2 = August 1998 | term_end2 = May 1999 | predecessor2 = [[Hammed Ali]] | successor2 = [[Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi]] | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | party = }} ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ahmed, Umar Farouk}} [[Category:Nigerian military people]] [[Category:People from Kaduna State]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]