Yohanna Madaki
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Yohanna Madaki | |
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| Military Governor of Gongola State | |
| In office August 1985 – August 1986 | |
| Preceded by | Mohammed Jega |
| Succeeded by | Jonah David Jang |
| Military Governor of Benue State | |
| In office August 1986 – September 1986 | |
| Preceded by | Jonah David Jang |
| Succeeded by | Ishaya Bakut |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 31 December 1941 |
| Died | 20 May 2006 (aged 64) |
Barrister (Colonel) Yohanna Anteyan Madaki (1941–2006) was Governor of Gongola State and then of Benue State, Nigeria during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida.[1][2]
Yohanna Madaki was born in 1941 in Ziturung Karyi, Zangon Kataf Local Government Area in Kaduna State. He attended the then St Paul's Primary School in Zonkwa Kaduna State and thereafter proceeded to the Nigerian Military School (NMS) Zaria. Upon completing the NMS program, he enlisted as a private in the Nigerian Army and served in various Battalions before proceeding to the Mons Cadet Officer Academy at Aldershot England. He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Army on completion of this course. He served actively during the Nigerian Civil War and later in various capacities, including Colonel AQ at the 2nd mechanised division, Ibadan and member of the Special Military Tribunal (Ibadan Zone) 1984-85.
Whilst in Ibadan he enrolled for the LLB program at the University of Ibadan and earned his law degree in 1984 then proceeded to the law school and was called to the bar in 1985.[3] He was married to Sarah Yanshi and had 5 children, Dorothy,[4] Julie, Astirah,[5] Gagarin,[6] Cindy.[7]