Abdulsalami Abubakar
Another soldier who was not elected to the presidency was Abdulsalami Abubakar. When infamous military leader Sani Abacha died in 1998, General Abubakar was sworn in as de facto president of Nigeria.
Abubabkar oversaw the transition into the Fourth Republic by establishing a elections commission and undertaking general electoral reforms. In 1999, he handed over peacefully to president-elect Olusegun Obasanjo.
