Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau (retd) CFR, GSS, PSC, NDC, FWC (born 14 March 1954) is a retired Nigerian army general and politician who served as Chief of Army Staff between 2008 and 2010 and in President Muhammadu Buhari‘s Cabinet as Minister of the Interior from 2015 to 2019.
Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau (retd) was born into an aristocratic military class family of the Fulani Dambazawa clan. His father served in the Colonial Army, and his brothers held senior posts in the army. He also holds the traditional title of Baraden Kano.
(Baraden Kano)
Education
Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau (retd) secondary education took place at Barewa College, Zaria, where he graduated in 1974.
In 1979, Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau (retd) attended the US Army Military Police School at Fort McClellan, later obtained a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Kent State University in 1982 and a PhD in criminology from the University of Keele in 1989.
Military career
(Baraden Kano)
former Chief of Army Staff and former Minister of Interior
In 1974, he proceeded to the Nigerian Defense Academy as a member of the 17 Regular Combatant Course. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Infantry Corps of the Nigerian Army in June 1977.
Command
Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau (retd) served as a military police officer, aide-de-camp to the Chief of Army Staff (1979), commanded military police units, and served as a special investigator (1984-1985). Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau (retd) was the registrar of the Nigerian Defense Academy from 1993 to 1999. He also served as chief instructor, the Support Weapon Wing of the Infantry Centre and School from 1999 to 2001 and later as directing staff at the National War College from 2004 to 2006
From 2007 to 2008, he served as general officer commanding (GOC) 2nd Division, Ibadan.
Chief of Army Staff
He was appointed as the Chief of Army Staff in 2008 by late President Umaru Yar’Adua. Towards the end of the Yar’Adua administration, the army was accused of attempts to covertly seize power due to Yar’Adua’s illness. After Yar’Adua’s death, Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau (retd) was retired from service by President Good luck.
Political career
Following his retirement in 2010, Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau (retd) went into politics, later joining the All Progressives Congress (APC). During the 2015 presidential election, he was the head of the security committee of the APC campaign organization, he later lost out to be appointed National Security Adviser.
Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau (retd) continues participating actively as a member of the All Progressive Congress (APC)
Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau (retd) being kind, and generous to people, Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau (retd) gained people’s trust and was regarded as the father of all in not only Kano but the country as whole.
His contributions towards the promotion of the party and the smooth operations of Buhari’s administration leads to his appointment as the National Adviser of Strategic Engagement for the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) 2022 against the 2023 election. Where he founded the Movement BAT Initiative for Good Governance (BIGG) to promote the APC Presidential Candidate Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu and ensure his victory.
Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau (retd) has actively participated in promoting the APC Presidential candidate through numerous strategic ways and implementations under the BAT Initiative for Good Governance (BIGG) operated across the 36 states of the Federation including the FCT, Abuja.
Indeed, the Victory of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau (retd) played a vital role as the National, Adviser of Strategic Engagement for the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC)
