Colonel Abubakar Dangiwa Umar (Retired) shot into national reckoning and public limelight in 1984. That was shortly after Major-General Muhammadu Buhari and Major-General Tunde Idiagbon’s coup, which toppled the civilian regime of Alhaji Shehu Shagari on 31st December 1983. He was appointed the Chief Executive of the Federal Housing Authority (FHA). Umar, then with the rank of a Major, was …