Baba Gana Kingibe

Minister of Foreign Affairs

In office
1993–1995


Minister of Internal Affairs

Minister of Power and Steel

Secretary to the Federal Government

In office
July 2007 – Sept 2008


Personal details

Born

1945

Baba Gana Kingibe (born 1945) is a Nigerian politician and political appointee havening held many high-level Nigerian governmental posts. He hails from Borno State in the northeastern part of Nigeria, and is of Kanuri extraction.

Amb. Baba Gana Kingibe also served from October 2002 to September 2006 as AU Special Envoy to Sudan and subsequently Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission and head of the AU Mission in Sudan (AMIS) and Darfur.[1]


Baba entered Nigerian political scene by initially campaigning for the presidency for the elections scheduled for 1993. He later backed fellow contender MKO Abiola (whom he later betrayed by joining Gen Sani Abacha)] as Vice-presidential running mate in the same election. The pair won the electoral majority although the result was annulled by abdicating president General Ibrahim Babangida.Baba served as the Foreign Minister of Nigeria from 1993 to 1995.


Babagana kingibe , Abiola's running mate then,
instead of standing firm to fight for their
mandate accepted an appointment as internal affair
minister from usurper and he was directly in
charge of prisons in Nigeria . Abiola was also
imprisoned while he was incharge.
Baba also served as Minister of Internal Affairs, Minister of Power and Steel, Nigeria's Ambassador to Greece and Pakistan.

In June 2007, he was appointed Secretary to the Federal Government of Nigeria. He was unceremoniously removed from office on September 8, 2008 by the President, Umaru Yar'Adua after spreading rumors about the President's ill-health while believed to be c

Very over ambitious politician.