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Commissioner of Police (retired) Alhaji Usman Faruk (born 1935) was the first Military Governor of North-Western State in Nigeria from 1967 to 1975 after it was split off from the old Northern Region during the military regime of General Yakubu Gowon.He was dismissed from office by General Murtala Mohammed, who took power in a coup on 29 July 1975, and who then launched a probe that found him guilty of illegally enriching himself while in office.He was later reinstated by the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida regime after being cleared of all charges, and was given his full benefits and retirement rank.Shortly after he left office the state was split into Niger State and Sokoto State.He published a pamphlet in 1988 that attacked the national population control program that the Nigerian military government was advocating.

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  • Commissioner of Police (retired) Alhaji Usman Faruk (born 1935) was the first Military Governor of North-Western State in Nigeria from 1967 to 1975 after it was split off from the old Northern Region during the military regime of General Yakubu Gowon.He was dismissed from office by General Murtala Mohammed, who took power in a coup on 29 July 1975, and who then launched a probe that found him guilty of illegally enriching himself while in office.He was later reinstated by the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida regime after being cleared of all charges, and was given his full benefits and retirement rank.Shortly after he left office the state was split into Niger State and Sokoto State.He published a pamphlet in 1988 that attacked the national population control program that the Nigerian military government was advocating.
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  • Faruk, Usman
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  • First Military Governor ofNorth-Western State
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  • Military Governor of North-Western State
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