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Principal Secretary· 1999 — 2007

Hakeem Baba-Ahmed

Senior civil servant, public commentator and author. Principal Secretary during the Obasanjo years.

The record

Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, career civil servant, served at the apex of presidential support during the Obasanjo administration. He went on to become spokesperson for the Northern Elders Forum and Senior Special Assistant on Political Matters to the Vice-President under Tinubu (briefly).

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.