Wing Commander Muktar Muhammed was the military governor 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...

, 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...

 from July 1978 to October 1979 during the military regime of General Olusegun Obasanjo.
Wing commander Muktar Muhammed played an active role in the coup that brought General Murtala Mohammed

Murtala Mohammed

General Murtala Ramat Mohammed born was a military ruler of Nigeria from 1975 until his assassination in 1976.-Role during 1960s coups:...

to power, and was appointed to the new Supreme Military Council on 30 July 1975.
He was appointed governor of Kaduna State in 1977, in which position he was promoted to Group Captain.