Major General Joshua Mamman Madaki (1947–2003) was Governor of Bauchi State

Bauchi State

Bauchi State is a State in northern Nigeria. Its capital is the city of Bauchi. The state was formed in 1976 when the former North-Eastern State was broken up...

, Nigeria

Nigeria

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 from December 1987 to August 1990 and then of Plateau State

Plateau State

Plateau State is the twelfth largest state of Nigeria, and is roughly located in the center of the country. It is geographically unique in Nigeria because its boundaries totally surround the Jos Plateau, having the Jos Plateau totally in its central and northern part...

 from August 1990 to January 1992 during the military regime of Major General Ibrahim Babangida

Ibrahim Babangida

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Background

Madaki was born on 6 July 1947 in Manchok, Kaura

Kaura, Nigeria

Kaura is a Local Government Area in Kaduna State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Kaura.It has an area of 485 km² and a population of 222,579 at the 2006 census.The postal code of the area is 801....

 Local Government Area of Kaduna State

Kaduna State

-History:The state is the successor to the old Northern Region of Nigeria, which had its capital at Kaduna. In 1967 this was split up into six states, one of which was the North-Central State, whose name was changed to Kaduna State in 1976. This was further divided in 1987, losing the area now part...

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He attended St. Paul's College Wusasa. After joining the army, he was among the fourth intake to 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...

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Military career

During the coup of 27 August 1985 when General Ibrahim Babangida took power, Lt. Colonel Madaki was in command of the 6th Guards Battalion in Bonny Camp.
His battalion was placed on standby on Lagos Island, and charged with securing the eastern approaches to Victoria Island.
Madaki was promoted to Commander of the Brigade of Guards after the coup.

Babangida promoted Madaki to Colonel and appointed him Governor of Bauchi State in December 1987.
He was transferred to Plateau State

Plateau State

Plateau State is the twelfth largest state of Nigeria, and is roughly located in the center of the country. It is geographically unique in Nigeria because its boundaries totally surround the Jos Plateau, having the Jos Plateau totally in its central and northern part...

 from August 1990 to January 1992.
There was a crisis among the Dong, Tudun Wada and Kabong communities in Jos North, Plateau State during the census of 1991 which prevented the census creating records of these areas. Colonel Madaki set up a judicial commission to determine the ownership of those areas.

Later career

After retiring from the army, Madaki became a member of the National Democratic Coalition

National Democratic Coalition (Nigeria)

The National Democratic Coalition was formed on May 15, 1994 by a broad coalition of Nigerian democrats, who called on the military government of Sani Abacha to step down in favor of the winner of the June 12, 1993 election, M. K. O...

  (NADECO), a predominantly Yorubu

Yoruba people

The Yoruba people are one of the largest ethnic groups in West Africa. The majority of the Yoruba speak the Yoruba language...

 group pressing the Sani Abacha

Sani Abacha

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 regime for return to democracy.
In the lead-up to the Nigerian Fourth Republic

Nigerian Fourth Republic

The Fourth Republic is the republican government of Nigeria. Since 1999 it has governed the country according to the fourth republican constitution. It was in many ways a revival of the Second Republic, which was in place between 1979 and 1983 and suffers many of the same problems, such as multiple...

, Madaki became a member of the People's Democratic Party

People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)

The People's Democratic Party is a political party in Nigeria. Its policies generally lie towards the right wing of the political spectrum. It has won every single Presidential elections since 1999, namely: 1999, 2003, 2007, and 2011, and is the dominant party in the Fourth Republic.-History:In...

 (PDP).
In August 2001 Madaki was appointed President of the Nigeria Rugby Football Association.
In June 2002 it was reported that he was planning to run for governor of Kaduna State in April 2003 on the All People's Party) (APP) platform, allied with the All Nigeria People's Party

All Nigeria People's Party

The All Nigeria Peoples Party is a conservative political party in Nigeria. At the last legislative elections , the party won 27.0% of the popular vote and 92 out of 360 seats in the House of Representatives and 27 out of 109 seats in the Senate...

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In October 2002 he moved to the Alliance for Democracy

Alliance for Democracy (Nigeria)

The Alliance for Democracy was a progressive opposition political party in Nigeria. It was formed on September 9th 1998. At the 2003 legislative elections, 12 April 2003, the party won 8.8 % of the popular vote and 34 out of 360 seats in the Nigerian House of Representatives and six out of...

(AD).
He planned to run for governor of Kaduna on that platform.

Madaki died in a car crash on 8 May 2003 when one of the tires on his jeep burst, causing the vehicle to somersault.