Nigeria, April 11 -- Eighty-nine-year-old retired Commissioner of Police Manya Dogo recently made public a book, "Governor Audu Bako: The Man of Wisdom and Foresight", detailing the life and times of Audu Bako, the Commissioner of Police who served as the Military Governor of old Kano State from 1967 to 1975. CP Dogo wrote from an authoritative position, having served as Bako's Orderly throughout his years as military governor.

The 155-page book has ten chapters, with a foreword by General Yakubu Gowon, Nigeria's Head of State from 1966 to 1975, and under whose administration Bako served as a member of the Supreme Military Council. Gowon paid glowing tribute to his subordinate, praising him for (among other stellar qualities) sound leade...