Mamman Kontagora
Manjo-Janar (mai ritaya) Mamman Kontagora(an haife shi a 20 ga watan Afrilun shekarar 1944 - 29 ga Mayun shekarata 2013) shi ne Shugaban Gudanar na Sojoji a Babban Birnin Tarayyar Najeriya, a lokacin mulkin rikon kwarya na Janar Abdulsalam Abubakar, inda ya mika mulki ga farar hula a watan Mayun shekara ta 1999. '''

Tarihin rayuwa 
Kontagora yana daga cikin wadanda suka fara karatu a jami'ai a lokacin da aka fara horar da sojoji a shekarar 1964. 

An nada Kontagora a matsayin Ministan Ayyuka da Gidaje a gwamnatin Babangida . A cikin 1991 ya ba da ƙa'idodi game da rage gurɓataccen yanayi da iyakancin malaɗa waɗanda ke rufe dukkan masana'antun, tare da tara mai yawa na rashin bin doka. Koyaya, bin diddigin gwamnati akan kamfanonin bada tallafi an iyakance.  A watan Disambar shekarar 1991, ya ba da sanarwar shirye-shirye don tsara jagororin nan da farkon shekarar 1992 don magance gurɓacewar mai.  Gwamnatin Sani Abacha ta nada Kontagora shi kadai mai kula da Jami’ar Ahmadu Bello, Zariya a shekarata 1995 bayan wani babban rikici a jami’ar. Ya ci gaba da aiki har zuwa wani lokaci bayan mutuwar Abacha. 

An nada Kontagora a matsayin mai kula da Babban Birnin Tarayya (FCT) a ranar 22 ga Agusta 1998.  A ɗan gajeren lokacin da Kontagora ke kula da babban birnin tarayya ya sami ci gaba a aikin gina gidaje da kayayyakin more rayuwa.  Kontagora ya ba da wata dabara dab da kusa da Cibiyar Taron Kasa da Kasa ga kungiyar Al'adu ta Abuja don ci gaba a matsayin wurin shakatawa na duniya, wanda a yanzu shi ne Abuja International Peace Park, a ƙarshe an buɗe shi a 2003.  A watan Janairun 1999 Kontagora ya ce an tsara duk wasu tsare-tsare don tabbatar da sassaucin sauyi zuwa dimokiradiyya a cikin Mayu 1999. 

Kontagora ya kasance dan takarar da zai wakilci jam’iyyar People's Democratic Party (PDP) a zaben 2003 na Sanata na FCT, amma Isa Maina ya ci shi a zaben fitar da gwani, wanda aka ci gaba da zabarsa. A watan Oktoba na 2004 Kontagora ya bayyana cewa zai zama dan takarar da zai tsaya takarar shugaban kasa a 2007 a karkashin jam'iyyar PDP.  PDP ta tsayar da shi a matsayin dan takara, amma Umaru ’Yar’aduwa ya kayar da shi, wanda ya ci gaba da zabarsa.

Mutuwa
Ya mutu a ƙarshen sa'o'in Mayu 29, 2013. Ya nada shekaru 69 a duniya.

Manazarta

Mutuwan 2013