Idris Garba is a Nigerian soldier who was Military Governor of Kano State

Kano State

Kano State is a state located in North-Western Nigeria. Created on May 27, 1967 from part of the Northern Region, Kano state borders Katsina State to the north-west, Jigawa State to the north-east, Bauchi State to the south-east and Kaduna State to the south-west...

 from 1989 to 1992.

Background

Idris Garba was born on July 1947 in Gulu, Nigeria, Lapai

Lapai

Lapai is a Local Government Area in Niger State, Nigeria, adjoining the Federal Capital Territory. Its headquarters are in the town of Lapai on the A124 highway in the west of the area at....

 Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State

Niger State

Niger State is a state in the western part of Nigeria and the largest state in the country. The state capital is Minna, and other major cities are Bida, Kontagora, and Suleja. It was formed in 1976 when the then North-Western State was bifurcated into Niger State and Sokoto State.The state is named...

. He had a secondary education in the Nigerian Military School, Zaria

Zaria

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 1963 - 1967. He entered the Nigerian Defence Academy

Nigerian Defence Academy

The Nigerian Defence Academy at Kaduna is the only Military University in Nigeria.The NDA was established in January 1964 as a reformation of the British run Royal Military Forces Training College , which had been renamed the Nigerian Military Training College on independence...

, Kaduna

Kaduna

Kaduna is the state capital of Kaduna State in north-central Nigeria. The city, located on the Kaduna River, is a trade center and a major transportation hub for the surrounding agricultural areas with its rail and road junction. The population of Kaduna is at 760,084 as of the 2006 Nigerian census...

, and was commissioned as a second Lieutenant in 1968.

Training

He attended the following courses:

• Artillery Troop Commanders Course USSR, July 1970 - September 1971
• Young Officers Course Nowshera, Pakistan
  Pakistan
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  , July - December, 1972
• Technical Gunnery Course Larkhill
  Larkhill
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  , Salisbury
  Salisbury
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  , UK, May - August, 1975.
• Field Artillery Officers Advanced Course, Forstill, Oklahoma, USA June 1977 to February 1978;
• Command and Staff College, Jaji August 1978 to September, 1979
• Regiment Battalion Commanders Course, Nigerian Army School of Infantry, Jaji in 1981.

Commands

His commands were:

• Troop Commander, second Field Artillery Regiment, Onitsha
  Onitsha
  Onitsha is a city, a commercial, educational, and religious center and river port on the eastern bank of the Niger river in Anambra State, southeastern Nigeria....
  
  , November, 1968 - September 1969.
• Commanding Officer, second Field Artillery Regent (Rear) Ibadan
  Ibadan
  Ibadan is the capital city of Oyo State and the third largest metropolitan area in Nigeria, after Lagos and Kano, with a population of 1,338,659 according to the 2006 census. Ibadan is also the largest metropolitan geographical area...
  
  , September 1969 to July 1970.
• Battalion Commander, Oyo September, 1971 to October, 1973.
• Instructor/Chief Instructor Nigerian Army School of Artillery, Kaduna 1974 to August, 1976;
• Commanding Officer, Commander, Heavy Artillery Regiment, September, 1976 to April 1980;
• Company Commander 82 Infantry Battalion UNIFIL, Lebanon. May to December, 1980;
• Commanding Officer, 342 Support REgiment, Zaria 1981 to 1983,
• Deputy Defence Adviser, Nigerian Embassy, Moscow 1983 - 1986
• Commander Officer, Short Service Course NDA Kaduna, December.

Military governor

During the military rule of General Ibrahim Babangida

Ibrahim Babangida

General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida CFR DSS mni , popularly known as IBB, was a Nigerian Army officer and military ruler of Nigeria...

 (August 1985 – August 1993) he was appointed Military Governor of Benue State in 1988.
He was then appointed governor of Kano State

Kano State

Kano State is a state located in North-Western Nigeria. Created on May 27, 1967 from part of the Northern Region, Kano state borders Katsina State to the north-west, Jigawa State to the north-east, Bauchi State to the south-east and Kaduna State to the south-west...

in August 1988. In December 1991, Col. Idris Garba enacted an edict which repealed previous laws and vested the Kano State Sports Council with the responsibilities of promoting and developing sports in the state.