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Chief of Staff· 2007 — 2010

General Abdullahi Sarki Mukhtar (rtd)

First post-1999 Chief of Staff to the President. Career soldier; former GOC 3 Armoured Division.

The record

Major-General Abdullahi Sarki Mukhtar (rtd) served as Chief of Staff to President Umaru Yar'Adua from 2007 until the President's death on 5 May 2010 — the first full-time COS in the Fourth Republic.

Methodology

Tier 1 · primary

Courts. Gazettes. National archives.

Tier 2 · corroborating

OCCRP. HRW. BudgIT. TheCable.

Tier 4 · tertiary, flagged

Wikipedia only where primary is pending. Always labelled.