Group Captain Ishaya Aboi Shekari 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...

, Nigeria

Nigeria

Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...

 between September 1978 and October 1979 during the military regime of General Olusegun Obasanjo, handing over to the elected civilian governor Muhammadu Abubakar Rimi at the start of the Nigerian Second Republic

Nigerian Second Republic

The Second Republic was the republican government of Nigeria between 1979 and 1983 governed by the second republican constitution.- Founding :...

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After retiring, Shekari entered business. In 1990 he was appointed a director of Diamond Bank Nigeria.
He became Chairman of Lion Bank of Nigeria, and a board member of companies such as Meristem Registrars, Magami Trawlers and Grand Cereals and Oil Mills.