General Abdulsalami Abubakar

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Nigerian military officer former head of state of Nigeria human

General Abdulsalami Abubakar is a Nigerian military leader and former head of state best known for overseeing the country’s transition from military to civilian rule in 1999.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
General Abdulsalami Abubakar canonical	2
Abdulsalami Abubakar military government	1
Abdulsalami Alhaji Abubakar	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2669974 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: General Abdulsalami Abubakar
Context triple: [Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, promulgatedBy, General Abdulsalami Abubakar]

A. Murtala Muhammed
Murtala Muhammed was a Nigerian military general and the country’s Head of State from 1975 until his assassination in 1976, remembered for his anti-corruption stance and efforts to reform government.
B. Bola Tinubu
Bola Tinubu is a Nigerian politician and former governor of Lagos State who became president of Nigeria in 2023.
C. Muhammadu Buhari
Muhammadu Buhari is a Nigerian politician and retired major general who served as the President of Nigeria from 2015 to 2023.
D. Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa was Nigeria’s first Prime Minister, a key nationalist leader in the country’s independence movement, and a prominent statesman in early post-colonial Africa.
E. Oluremi Tinubu
Oluremi Tinubu is a Nigerian politician and former First Lady of Lagos State who serves as the First Lady of Nigeria and has been a prominent senator and advocate for social and women’s issues.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: General Abdulsalami Abubakar
Target entity description: General Abdulsalami Abubakar is a Nigerian military leader and former head of state best known for overseeing the country’s transition from military to civilian rule in 1999.

A. Murtala Muhammed
Murtala Muhammed was a Nigerian military general and the country’s Head of State from 1975 until his assassination in 1976, remembered for his anti-corruption stance and efforts to reform government.
B. Bola Tinubu
Bola Tinubu is a Nigerian politician and former governor of Lagos State who became president of Nigeria in 2023.
C. Muhammadu Buhari
Muhammadu Buhari is a Nigerian politician and retired major general who served as the President of Nigeria from 2015 to 2023.
D. Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa was Nigeria’s first Prime Minister, a key nationalist leader in the country’s independence movement, and a prominent statesman in early post-colonial Africa.
E. Oluremi Tinubu
Oluremi Tinubu is a Nigerian politician and former First Lady of Lagos State who serves as the First Lady of Nigeria and has been a prominent senator and advocate for social and women’s issues.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nigerian military officer ⓘ former head of state of Nigeria ⓘ human ⓘ
alive	true ⓘ
appointedSuccessorAsHeadOfState	Olusegun Obasanjo ⓘ linked to: Obasanjo
conflictParticipatedIn	Nigerian Civil War ⓘ linked to: Biafran secession
countryOfCitizenship	Nigeria ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1942-06-13 ⓘ
education	Nigerian Defence Academy ⓘ Technical Institute, Kaduna ⓘ linked to: Kaduna Polytechnic
era	late 20th century Nigerian military rule ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Gwari ⓘ
familyName	Abubakar ⓘ
fullName	Abdulsalami Alhaji Abubakar ⓘ linked to: General Abdulsalami Abubakar
givenName	Abdulsalami ⓘ
governanceStyle	transitional military administration ⓘ
handedOverPowerTo	President Olusegun Obasanjo ⓘ linked to: Obasanjo
headOfGovernmentOf	Nigeria ⓘ
honorificPrefix	General ⓘ
implemented	timetable for return to civilian rule ⓘ
knownAs	General Abdulsalami Abubakar ⓘ
militaryBranch	Nigerian Army ⓘ
militaryRank	General ⓘ
nationality	Nigerian ⓘ
notableFor	leading Nigeria’s transition to democracy in 1999 ⓘ restoring civilian rule after years of military governance ⓘ
occupation	soldier ⓘ statesman ⓘ
officeEndDate	1999-05-29 ⓘ
officeStartDate	1998-06-09 ⓘ
oversawEvent	organization of the 1999 Nigerian general elections ⓘ transition from military to civilian rule in Nigeria in 1999 ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Minna ⓘ
politicalTransitionRole	oversaw handover of power to an elected civilian government ⓘ
positionHeld	Head of State of Nigeria ⓘ
postRetirementActivity	mediation in African political crises ⓘ participation in election observation missions ⓘ
precededBy	Sani Abacha ⓘ linked to: Sani Abacha military government
promotedDemocracy	Nigeria ⓘ
regionOfActivity	West Africa ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
residence	Minna ⓘ
spouse	Fati Lami Abubakar ⓘ
stateOfBirth	Niger State ⓘ
succeededBy	Olusegun Obasanjo ⓘ linked to: Obasanjo
supported	drafting of a new Nigerian constitution in 1999 ⓘ
termLength	approximately 11 months as head of state ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria → promulgatedBy → General Abdulsalami Abubakar ⓘ

Sani Abacha military government → followedBy → Abdulsalami Abubakar military government ⓘ

linked to: General Abdulsalami Abubakar

Abdulsalami Abubakar → fullName → Abdulsalami Alhaji Abubakar ⓘ

subject linked to: General Abdulsalami Abubakar