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2 unusual facts about Sokoto State


Birni-N'Konni

It also sits astride one of several main routes between the Hausa populated territories of southern Niger and northern Nigeria, with the Nigerian transport and trade center of Illela, Sokoto State just 18 km to the south.

Goronyosaurus

Goronyosaurus nigeriensis is a species of crocodile-like mosasaur from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of Sokoto State, Niger and northwestern Nigeria.


Jibril Yakubu

Lt. Colonel (retired) Jibril Bala Yakubu was the first Administrator of Zamfara State after it was created from part of Sokoto State in October 1996, holding office until the return to democracy in May 1999 during the military regimes of Generals Sani Abacha and Abdulsalami Abubakar.

Rufai Garba

Group Captain (Air Force) Rufai Garba was the Military Administrator of Anambra State in Nigeria from 21 December 1996 to 6 August 1998 during the military regime of General Sani Abacha, and then of Sokoto State from 6 August 1998 to 29 May 1999 during the transitional regime of General Abdulsalami Abubakar, when he handed over to the elected Executive Governor Attahiru Dalhatu Bafarwa.

Yahaya Abdulkarim

Malam Yahaya Abdulkarim was elected governor of Sokoto State, Nigeria between January 1992 and November 1993, during General Ibrahim Babangida's attempted transition to democracy.


see also

Attahiru

Attahiru Bafarawa (born 1954), governor of Sokoto State in Nigeria from 1999–2007

Illela

Illela, Nigeria, a Local Government Area in Sokoto State, Nigeria