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Umaru Dikko

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Umaru Dikko (born 1936, Wamba) is a Nigerian politician and was a trusted adviser to President Shehu Shagari. He was also the Nigerian minister for Transportation from 1979-1983.

He started playing a role in the nation's governance in 1967 when he was appointed as a commissioner in the then North Central State of Nigeria (now the Kaduna State). He was also secretary of a committee set up by General Hassan Katsina to unite the Northerners after a coup in 1966. [1] In 1979, he was made Campaign manager for the successful presidential campaign of the National Party of Nigeria. During the nation's Second Republic, he played prominent roles as transport minister and head of the presidential task force on Rice. A coup on December 31, 1983 overthrew the government of Shagari, Dikko then fled to exile with a few other party officials. On July 5, 1984, he was found drugged in a crate labeled Diplomatic Baggage at the Stansted Airport, an apparent victim of a government sanctioned but aborted kidnapping. The crate's destination was to a minister in Lagos. [2]

Notes

  1. ^ Shehu Shagari, Beckoned to Serve
  2. ^ "Why Dikko was seized; KIDNAP IN LONDON," Financial Times (London,England), July 7, 1984

References

  • JO THOMAS, "BRITISH SEEK FOUR MORE IN KIDNAPPING OF NIGERIAN", The New York Times, July 12, 1984


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