Idris Garba
Idris Garba was the Military Governor of Kano State from 1989 to 1992.Background
Idris Garba was born on July 1947 in Gulu, Nigeria, Lapai Local Government Area of Niger State. He had a secondary education in the Nigerian Military School, Zaria 1963 - 1967.Military training
He entered the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna, and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in 1968. He attended the following courses:
- Artillery Troop Commanders Course USSR, July 1970 - September 1971
- Young Officers Course Nowshera, Pakistan, July - December, 1972
- Technical Gunnery Course Larkhill, Salisbury, UK, May - August, 1975.
- Field Artillery Officers Advanced Course, Forstill, Oklahoma, USA June 1977 to February 1978;
- Command and Staff College, Jaji August 1978 to September, 1979
- Regiment Battalion Commanders Course, Nigerian Army School of Infantry, Jaji in 1981.
Military command
His commands were:
- Troop Commander, second Field Artillery Regiment, Onitsha,
- Commanding Officer, second Field Artillery Regent Ibadan
- Battalion Commander, Oyo
- Instructor/Chief Instructor Nigerian Army School of Artillery
- Commanding Officer, Commander, Heavy Artillery Regiment
- Company Commander 82 Infantry Battalion United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, Lebanon
- Commanding Officer, 342 Support Regiment, Zaria
- Deputy Defence Adviser, Nigerian Embassy, Moscow
- Commander Officer, Short Service Course NDA Kaduna
Military governor
In 1988, General Ibrahim Babangida appointed him Military Governor of Benue State. He was then appointed governor of Kano State in August 1988, serving until 1992 when he hand-over to civilian Kabiru Ibrahim Gaya in the build up to the Nigerian Third Republic.
