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Muhammadu Abdullahi Wase

Muhammadu Abdullahi Wase

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Colonel Muhammadu Abdullahi Wase (1948[2]–June 1996) was a Nigerian military administrator. He was appointed by General Sani Abacha in December 1993 administering Kano State in Northern Nigeria from December 1993 to June 1996.[3]

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In June 1995, Colonel Wase said that Nigerians, more than ever before, required adequate positive enlightenment on the activities of government, and that media houses should shun irresponsible journalism, which tended to cause dissent.[4]

He died in a plane crash in Jos in 1996.[5]

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    "Military Officials Killed in Nigerian Plane Crash". apnews.com. 20 June 1996.
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    "Gowmna Abdullahi Wase". Rumbun Ilimi. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
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    "Kano State Governors since 1967". Kano Online. Retrieved 2009-12-18.
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    "BON GENERAL ASSEMBLIES". Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BON). Archived from the original on 2009-12-30. Retrieved 2009-12-18.
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    "Military Officials Killed in Nigerian Plane Crash". AP NEWS. Retrieved 2020-07-02.


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