Mohammed Magoro
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Mohammed Magoro (Born May 7, 1947) is a retired Major General of the Nigerian army and a two time former minister under Generals Obasanjo and Buhari. A Kebbi State and Zuru indigene, he was classmates with Mamman Jiya Vatsa and Ibrahim Babangida at the Provincial Secondary School, Bida. He joined the Nigerian army in 1963, and enrolled at the Nigeria Military Training College. He is currently a board of trustees member of Oando group and the People's Democratic Party, in case of the latter, a notable fund raiser of the party. As minister for Internal Affairs, he oversaw the exodus of close to a million foreign nationals from Nigeria. He was not retained as minister under a new regime in 1985 but was appointed chairman of the Nigerian Maritime Authority.
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- Africa Confidential. Volume 46 Number 25.December 2005
- {http://www.thisdayonline.com/archive/2001/05/10/20010510lif01.html}
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