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{{Short description|Nigerian politician and general}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Ishaya Bakut
| honorific_prefix = [[Major General]]
| image = File:Portrait_of_Ishaya_Bakut_Nigeria.jpg
| caption =
| width =
| office1 = Military [[Governor of Benue State]]
| term_start1 = 18 Sep 1986
| term_end1 = December 1987
| predecessor1 = [[Yohanna Madaki]]
| successor1 = [[Idris Garba]]
| office = Commander, [[Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group|ECOMOG]] Peacekeeping Force, [[Liberia]]
| term_start = September 1991
| term_end = December 1992
| predecessor = Maj-Gen. [[R.M. Kupolati]]
| successor = Brig-Gen. [[Tunji Olurin|T. Olurin]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1947|8|16|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Kurmi-Bi]], [[Zonkwa]], [[Kachia]] LGA, [[Kaduna State]], Nigeria
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2015|3|21|1947|8|16}}
| party =
| Educational background =
| allegiance = {{flag|Nigeria}}
| branch = {{Army|Nigeria}}
| rank = [[File:Nigeria-Army-OF-7.svg|20px]] [[Major General]]
}}
'''Ishaya Bakut''' (16 August 1947 – 21 March 2015) was Military Governor of [[Benue State]] in Nigeria from September 1986 to December 1987 during the military regime of General [[Ibrahim Babangida]].<ref name=wstate>{{cite web
|url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Nigeria_federal_states.htm
|title=Nigerian States
|publisher=WorldStatesmen
|access-date=2010-01-04}}</ref>
He was Field Commander in [[Liberia]] of the [[ECOMOG]] West African multinational force from September 1991 to December 1992.<ref name=conrad>{{cite book
|title=Liberia: the heart of darkness : accounts of Liberia's civil war and its destabilizing effects in West Africa
|author=Gabriel I. H. Williams
|page=167
|publisher=Trafford Publishing
|year=2002
|ISBN=1-55369-294-2}}</ref>

==Birth and education==

Ishaya Bakut was born on 16 August 1947 in [[Kurmi-Bi]], [[Zonkwa]] in [[Kachia]] LGA in [[Kaduna State]].
He attended Government College, [[Kaduna]] (1961–1965) on a Shell BP Scholarship.
In 1966 he went to the [[Nigerian Defence Academy]], Kaduna, graduating in March 1969, when he was commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant. He attended [[Ahmadu Bello University]], Zaria (1971–1975) where he earned a BSc Engineering.
He attended the United States School of Engineering (1977–1978), the [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji|Command and Staff College, Jaji]] (1979–1980) and the [[National Defence College (India)|National Defence College]], New Delhi in 1985 where he obtained his MSc<ref name=bio>{{cite web
|url = http://greaterbenue.com/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=121
|title = Colonel Ishaya Bakut
|publisher = Government of Benue State of Nigeria
|access-date = 2010-01-04
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110711123635/http://greaterbenue.com/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=121#
|archive-date = 11 July 2011
|url-status = dead}}</ref>

==Early military career==

He was a Company and Battalion Commander in the Infantry during the [[Nigerian Civil War]] (1969–1970). He was appointed Commander of 41 Engineers Brigade, Kaduna in 1976 and became a Senior Operations Officer, Operational Engineering. He served in the Nigerian contingent of the [[UNIFIL]] peacekeeping mission in [[Lebanon]] (April 1980 – February 1981). Other positions were Directing Command and Staff College, Jaji (1981–1983), Colonel, General Staff and Army Headquarters, Lagos, and Commander 41 Engineers Brigade, Kaduna.<ref name=bio/>

==Later career==

Col. Bakut was appointed Military Governor of Benue state on 18 September 1986.<ref name=bio/><ref>{{Cite web
| title = Col. Ishaya Bakut - The Military Governor, Benue State of Nigeria
| work = Library of Congress Africa Pamphlet Collection - Flickr
| access-date = 2014-05-11
| url = https://www.flickr.com/photos/pohick2/13969846149/in/set-72157644200924229
}}</ref> There were no major developments in the state during his rule, which ended in December 1987.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://odili.net/news/source/2006/jan/31/220.html
|title=Benue State at 30: The people and their struggles
|author=Tyodzua Atim
|date=30 January 2006
|publisher=ThisDay
|access-date=2010-01-04
}}{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

He was appointed Field Commander in [[Liberia]] of the [[ECOMOG]] West African multinational force on 28 September 1991.<ref name=conrad/>
He declared his intention that ECOMOG would be an impartial and non-political peacekeeping force.<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.sc-sl.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=kfoGm1VKHA4%3D&tabid=160
|title = THE PROSECUTOR OF THE SPECIAL COURT V. CHARLES GHANKAY TAYLOR
|date = 21 July 2009
|publisher = Special Court for Sierra Leone
|access-date = 2010-01-04
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110607185501/http://www.sc-sl.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=kfoGm1VKHA4=&tabid=160#
|archive-date = 7 June 2011
|url-status = dead}}</ref>
Shortly after, troops from [[Senegal]] arrived to strengthen ECOMOG, and were later deployed to [[Bong County]] in preparation for a planned disarmament of the rebel forces. However, [[Charles Taylor (Liberia)|Charles Taylor]] ordered his troops to attack the Senegalese, whom Bakut persuaded with difficulty to remain on the defensive. Soon after the Senegalese withdrew from the mission.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://news.biafranigeriaworld.com/archive/2003/aug/09/0067.html
|title=ASYLUM: WELCOME TO HILL TOP, TAYLOR’S MANSION IN CALABAR
|author=George Onah
|date=9 August 2003
|publisher=BNW News
|access-date=2010-01-04}}</ref>
His replacement by Brigadier [[Adetunji Olurin]] had just been announced in October 1992, when Charles Taylor launched a terror attack on [[Monrovia]]. His troops barely maintained control of parts of the city until Olurin arrived in December 1992.<ref name=conrad/><ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.theperspectiv.org/octopus.html
|title = Anniversary of Terror: October 12 – Operation Octopus
|author = Abdoulaye W. Dukule
|publisher = The Perspective
|date = 12 October 2001
|access-date = 2010-01-04
}}{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

In 1995 he was Principal Officer to Chief of General Staff, Lt. General [[Oladipo Diya]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.biafraland.com/AUG_26/Biafraland%20NEW%20FACE%20OF%20IGBO.htm
|title=MASSOB: the real new face of Igbo?
|author=Ochereome Nnanna
|date=2 September 2004
|publisher=Biafraland
|access-date=2010-01-04}}</ref> On 21 March 2015, he died at the age of 67.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.naij.com/407035-former-military-governor-of-benue-state-dies-at-67.html|title=SO SAD! Former Governor Dies at 67|last=Ayomide|first=Akinshilo|date=2015-03-23|work=Naija.ng - Nigeria news.|access-date=2017-12-20|language=en-US}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{Cite web
| title = Col. Ishaya Bakut - The Military Governor, Benue State of Nigeria
| work = Library of Congress Africa Pamphlet Collection - Flickr
| access-date = 2014-05-11
| url = https://www.flickr.com/photos/pohick2/13969846149/in/set-72157644200924229
}}

{{BenueStateGovernors}}
{{Nigeria Babangida Governors}}

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[[Category:Nigerian generals]]
[[Category:1947 births]]
[[Category:2015 deaths]]
[[Category:Governors of Benue State]]
[[Category:Library of Congress Africa Collection related]]
[[Category:Military personnel of the Nigerian Civil War]]
[[Category:Ahmadu Bello University alumni]]
[[Category:People from Kaduna State]]
[[Category:Nigerian Defence Academy alumni]]
[[Category:National Defence College, India alumni]]

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