# Mohammed Bawa

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For the Libyan footballer, see [Mohamed Bawa](/source/Mohamed_Bawa).

**Mohammed Inua Bawa** (6 April 1954 – 26 May 2017) was appointed the Administrator of [Ekiti State](/source/Ekiti_State), [Nigeria](/source/Nigeria) during the [military regime](/source/Military_dictatorship) of General [Sani Abacha](/source/Sani_Abacha).[1] He was then appointed Administrator of [Gombe State](/source/Gombe_State) from August 1998 to May 1999, handing over to the elected civilian governor at the start of the [Nigerian Fourth Republic](/source/Nigerian_Fourth_Republic).[2]

## Background

Bawa was born on 6 April 1954 in [Yauri](/source/Yauri,_Nigeria), [Kebbi State](/source/Kebbi_State). He studied at Government Colleges in Keffi and Bida, then attended the [Ahmadu Bello University](/source/Ahmadu_Bello_University), [Zaria](/source/Zaria) after which he studied at the [University of Madras](/source/University_of_Madras), [India](/source/India). Joining the army, he was commissioned as second lieutenant in 1976, full lieutenant in 1980, captain in 1985 and major in 1990.[3]

## Career

Bawa was appointed the Administrator of [Ekiti State](/source/Ekiti_State) after it was formed in October 1996 from part of [Ondo State](/source/Ondo_State). After the death of General Sani Abacha, his successor General [Abdulsalami Abubakar](/source/Abdulsalami_Abubakar) transferred him to Gombe State during the transition to democracy that was completed in May 1999.[2] As administrator of Gombe State, he initiated joint border patrols with neighboring [Chad](/source/Chad) and [Niger](/source/Niger) to reduce cross border banditry.[4]

He ran unsuccessfully as candidate for Governor of [Kebbi State](/source/Kebbi_State) on the [Action Congress](/source/Action_Congress) (AC) platform in the April 2007 elections.[5] Bawa died in hospital in [Jos](/source/Jos), Nigeria on 26 May 2017 due to complications from surgery. He was 63.[6]

## References

1. ["Past Governors – Ekiti State Website"](https://www.ekitistate.gov.ng/about-ekiti/past-governors/). *Ekiti State Website – Official Website of the Government of Ekiti State*. 2019-09-15. Retrieved 2023-06-09.

1. ["Nigerian States"](http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Nigeria_federal_states.htm). World Statesmen. Retrieved 26 May 2017.

1. ["In The News"](http://www.newswatchngr.com/cgi-bin/search/sessearch.cgi?off=1&q=zaria&qid=1064&strt=60). *[Newswatch](/source/Newswatch_(Nigeria))*. 31 March 2003. Retrieved 8 May 2010.[dead link]

1. ["IRIN-WA Update 292 of Events in West Africa"](http://www.africa.upenn.edu/Newsletters/irinw292.html). UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for West Africa. 10 September 1998. Retrieved 8 May 2010.

1. Andrew Agbese (20 September 2007). ["The Problem With the Reform Committee - Col. Bawa"](http://allafrica.com/stories/200709200775.html). *Daily Trust*. Retrieved 2010-05-08.

1. Sotubo, 'Jola (26 May 2017). ["Mohammed Bawa: Former Ekiti governor dies at 63"](http://pulse.ng/local/mohammed-bawa-former-ekiti-governor-dies-at-63-id6740910.html). *Pulse.ng*. Retrieved 26 May 2017.

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