Umaru Shinkafi

Umaru Shinkafi
Director General of the National Security Organization
In office
October 1979 – November 1983
Preceded byAbdullahi Mohammed
Succeeded byMohammed Lawal Rafindadi
Federal Commissioner of Internal Affairs
In office
1975–1979
Preceded byAdamu Suleiman
Succeeded byMaitama Bello Yusuf
Personal details
Born(1937-01-19)19 January 1937
Kaura Namoda, Northern Region, British Nigeria (now Sokoto State, Nigeria)
Died6 July 2016(2016-07-06) (aged 79)
London, England
Alma materUniversity of Lagos
Nigerian Law School
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Umaru Shinkafi (19 January 1937 – 6 July 2016) was a Nigerian intelligence chief, and Federal Commissioner of Internal Affairs. He was a presidential aspirant during the Third Nigerian Republic.

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