Borno state Governor Babagana Umara Zulum has reappointed retired Brigadier-General Abdullahi Sabi Ishaq as Special Adviser on Security.
Brigadier General Abdullahi Sabi Ishaq was born in Ilesha on January 13, 1965.
Ishaq retired from the Nigerian Army on January 10, 2021, after 35 years of service. His last posting was Coordinator of the Nigeria Police component of Operation Lafiya Dole from December 2018 to January 2021.
He was Commander of 8 Provost Group of the Army in Monguno from February 2016 to February 2018.
Before his transfer to Borno in 2016, Ishaq was Director of Standard and Evaluation at the Army Headquarters in Abuja; Chief Instructor of Army School of Military Police in Zaria, and later Special Investigation Bureau in Apapa, Lagos.
He served at the Army Corps of Military Police, Abuja; UN Mission to Sierra Leone; UN Mission to Liberia; 1 Provost Group of Army in Kaduna; Nigeria Defence Academy, Kaduna, as Company Commander; 2 Provost Company, Ibadan, as Platoon Commander.
The governor also reappointed Barrister Simon Chapwala Malgwi as Chief Adviser on Legal and Administration.
Zulum appointed Professor Abubakar Ali Kullima as Chief Medical Director of Borno State’s Hospitals Management Board.
The three appointments were announced in a statement by the spokesman to the governor, Malam Isa Gusau on Wednesday.
Born on October 21, 1962, Barrister Simon Chapwala Malgwi hails from Hawul local government area of Borno state.
A highly intelligent administrator, calm and easy going legal practitioner, Malgwi had served as special adviser on Legal and administrative matters to Governor Zulum from December 2022 to May 2023.