A former Chief of Staff to Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and the late Umaru Musa Yar’adua, Major General Abdullahi Mohammed (Rtd), popularly known as Adangba, is dead.
A statement issued on behalf of the family by Ahmed Kola Akorede said the retired general died in the early hours of Wednesday at the age of 86.
Mohammed served Nigeria in several top security and administrative positions during his career in public service.
He was Chief of Staff to President Olusegun Obasanjo from 1999 to 2007 and continued in the same role under President Umaru Musa Yar’adua from 2007 to 2008.
Before that, he served as National Security Adviser to General Abdulsalami Abubakar between 1998 and 1999.
Mohammed was also Director-General of the National Security Organization (NSO) from 1976 to 1979 during the military administration of General Olusegun Obasanjo.
He earlier served as Military Governor of the former Benue-Plateau State from July 1975 to February 1976.