Former Benue Governor, Ishaya Bakut Dies At 67

A former Military Governor of Benue State, General Ishaya Bakut (retd) died yesterday at the age of 67 year, after a brief illness.
Family sources confirmed to our LEADERSHIP Sunday that the former military governor died at an undisclosed hospital.

General Bakut, was appointed Field Commander of ECOMOG during Liberia’s civil war by General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida’s regime and also Principal Officer to Chief of General Staff during the military government of late General Sani Abacha.
Bakut who hails from Kurmin Bi, Zonkwa, in Zangon Kataf local government was born on 16 August, 1947. He attended Government College, Kaduna (1961–1965) on a Shell BP Scholarship. In 1966, he went to the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna, graduated in March 1969 and was commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant. He attended Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria (1971–1975) where he earned a B.Sc Engineering. He attended the United States School of Engineering (1977–1978), the Command and Staff College, Jaji (1979–1980) and the Indian National Defence College, New Delhi in 1985 where he obtained his M.Sc.