He headed a presidential security unit of the Armoured Corps that guarded then military ruler General Ibrahim Babangida in the late 1980s.
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Abubakar also commanded a battalion of African peacekeepers in Chad during the early 1980s as part of the Organisation of African Unity's force and was military liaison officer for the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in the mid 1990s.
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Sa'adu Abubakar is a younger son of the 17th Sultan, Siddiq Abu Bakar dan Usuman, who held the Sultanate for over fifty years.
Abdulsalami Abubakar | Sade Adu | Atiku Abubakar | Albert Adu Boahen | Abubakar Tafawa Balewa | Yahaya Abubakar | Siddiq Abubakar III | Muhammadu Kudu Abubakar | Mohammed Bello Abubakar | Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University | Abubakar Barde |