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Suleiman Barau Sa'id (born 12th April 1945) is a retired Nigerian Army Officer, elder statesman and a traditional aristocrat from Niger state. He holds the emirates title of Sa'in Kontagora. He is one of the few statesmen with an important presence in the Nigerian army and the Northern Nigerian Politics.

Suleiman Barau Sa'id

Commander Training and doctrine (tradoc)

In office

March 1998 - June 1999

Preceeded by                               Godwin Abbe

Succeeded by                               Felix Mujakpherou

Military Secretary

In office

27 March 1995 - 24 August 1998

Chief Of Training & Operations

In office

1995 - 1998

Personal details

Born                                            12 April 1945 (76)

Kontagora, Northern

Region, British Nigeria

Nationality                                  Nigerian

Spouse                                        Farila Sa'id

Children                                      18,including Abu Talib,

Mohammed Bashir,

Safiya Sa'id, Fatima

Sa'id, Abu sufyan, Aisha Sa'id

Alma Mater                                  Artillery

Occupation                                 Military officer

Military Service

Allegiance                                    Nigeria

Branch/Service                           Nigerian Army

Years Of Service                         1967 - 1999

Rank                                                  Major General

Early years and Education

Major General Suleiman Sa’id RTD Mni, was born on 12th of April 1945. He is the last male child of the Sa'in kontagora family. Suleiman Barau Sa'id was a regular combatant and a commissioned officer.

He attended Central Primary School Kontagora, from 1954-1960.

The following year he proceeded to the prestigious government college Bida L.G.A Niger State from 1961-1967. In 1967 he enrolled as a cadet at the Nigerian Defense Academy and graduated in March 1970.

Military Career

He held several military appointments starting from regimental commandant, deputy military secretary, commandant officer, chief instructor school of artillery, colonel administration quartering, colonel general staff at Army Headquarters BDE.

He was director of manning for two years before he was appointed as military attache at the Nigerian high commission Zimbabwe with accreditation to Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Botswana, Angola, Zambia, Mozambique, Ethiopia, Mauritius, and Lesotho.

After returning to Nigeria. He was appointed director army recruitment, reserve, and resettlement up to 1993. Then he was posted to defence headquarters as director administration (Chief of Operations) in 1994.

Major General Suleiman Barau was the Chief of Operations from 1994 to 1995. As the Chief of Operations, he was in charge of the deployment of troops for the Bakassi operations and also during this period he and the Chief of Defense Staff General Abdulsalami Abubakar were assigned on a military and official visit to assess the civil war in Rwanda. But by the time they visited, the civil war was almost over even so they were still able to make an assessment and forward it to the president.

Military Secretary

Major General Suleiman Barau Sa’id was was the deputy military secretary from 1978 to 1979. also at the time Mohammed Buhari, then a brigadier was the Military secretary. Then providentially in 1995, he was appointed the Nigerian military secretary.

As military secretary, Suleiman Barau Sa’id, made several good decisions in the interest of the Nigerian Army.

As military secretary, Suleiman Barau Sa’id, made several good decisions in the interest of the Nigerian Army. He was known to be a fair and just miliatry officer. It was in the course of his tenure and for the first time the candidate proposed by the former director of the Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI), Brigadier-General Ibrahim Sabo candidate was rejected.

This was a topic for inquiry at the oputa panel. He was appointed commander of the Training and doctrine command (TRADOC)in 1998, he was the commander of The training and doctrine command (TRADOC) up to June 1999, When the military handed over power to civil rule and retired in the same year.

Extra Regional Mental Assignment

Major General Suleiman Barau Sa'id, is considered to be one of the finest military generals of his time, well respected and honorable in his conducts. Nigerian personalities like Aliko dangote, Gabriel Suswam,the late Aminu Isa Kontagora, Ali Modu Sheriff, Rochas okorocha, the late Abdulkadir Adisa, Abdulsalami Abubakar, to name a few have all experienced his humane and benignant persona.

Due to his good work ethics, in the 1998 to 1999 regimes, he was appointed a member of the Nigerian provisional ruling council after hand over to civilian regime.

After that, he retired voluntarily from the military and has since joined politics from 1999 till date.

As an elder statesmen he has held the several/numerious/various board membership appointments:

Board member University Teaching Hospital Gwagwalada 2009 to 2011.

Board member Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) 2013 to 2015.

Chairman University Teaching Hospital Bauchi state 2013 to 2015.

Board member at Federal Character Commission (FCC) July 2020 - currently.

He had been a member of the PDP party since it's inception up until 2014. He later joined the APC ruling party in 2015. He has contributed to its progress both state wise and nationally and has also seen the eventual emergence of the APC as a dominant party.