Usman Faruk
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Usman Faruk
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Alhaji Usman Faruk was the first Military Governor of North-Western State in Nigeria from 1967 to 1975 after it was split off from the old Northern Region during the military regime of General Yakubu Gowon.
He was dismissed from office by General Murtala Mohammed, who took power in a coup on 29 July 1975, and who then launched a probe that found him guilty of illegally enriching himself while in office.
He was later reinstated by the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida regime after being cleared of all c
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