Abdullahi Shelleng
Abdullahi Shelleng (an haife shi a ranar 20 ga Janairun 1942) shi ne gwamnan soja na farko a jihar Benue a Najeriya daga ranar 3 ga Fabrairu 1976 zuwa Yuli 1978 a lokacin mulkin soja na Janar Olusegun Obasanjo, bayan da jihar Benue ta rabu da tsohuwar jihar Benue-Plateau.

Rayuwar Farko
 An haifi Abdullahi Shelleng a ranar 20 ga Janairun 1942 a Shelleng, cikin karamar hukumar Numan ta tsohuwar jihar Gongola (jihar Adamawa a yanzu).  Ya yi karatu a Shelleng da Yola, kuma ya halarci Kwalejin Gwamnati, Zaria (1957–1961).  Ya shiga aikin Soja a shekarar 1962 kuma ya halarci makarantar horas da sojoji ta Najeriya, Kaduna (Afrilu 1962 – Agusta 1962), sannan ya halarci Makarantar Soja ta Pakistan, Kakul (1962–1965).

Aikin soja

 An nada shi Laftanar na biyu a watan Afrilun 1965. Ya yi aiki a matsayin Kwamandan Kamfani a lokacin yakin basasar Najeriya.  Ya halarci Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, Amurka (1973–1974), sannan aka nada shi Kanar, Janar Ma’aikata a Hq.  2nd Infantry Division, Nigerian Army, Ibadan (1974–1975). Ya kasance daya daga cikin wadanda suka halarci juyin mulkin da aka yi wa Janar Yakubu Gowon a watan Yulin 1975, inda ya sa ido a kan lamarin daga hedikwatar runduna ta biyu da ke Ibadan. Bayan juyin mulkin, ya zama Babban Jami'in Ma'aikata, Babban Hedkwatar Tsaro, Legas (1975-1976)

Gwamnan jihar Benue

Janar Murtala Mohammed ya nada Abdullahi Shelleng a matsayin Gwamnan Soja na Jihar Benue a ranar 3 ga Fabrairun 1976, mukamin da ya rike har zuwa watan Yulin 1978. Ya gina masauki ga ma'aikatan gwamnati kuma ya kafa makarantu da kwalejoji, gami da Kwalejin Fasaha, Kimiyya da Fasaha na Murtala.  Ya kuma qaddamar da kamfanin Brewery a Makurdi, Idah Sanitary Ware Industry atIdah, da Burnt Brick Industry a Otukpo.  Sai dai ya kasa gyara hanyoyin da ba a yi su ba a jihar.  An kuma soke shi da lalata karamin filin wasa na Makurdi.

Bayan Kammala Akin soja
Bayan ya yi ritaya daga aikin soja, Abdullahi Shelleng ya zama ɗaya daga cikin shugabannin ƙungiyar gamayya ta Arewa, wato Arewa Consultative Forum. A watan Oktoban 2005, yana daya daga cikin wakilan jihar Adamawa a babban taron jam'iyyar PDP na kasa.

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