John Madaki: Tsohon Gwamnan Jihar Katsina Na Mulkin Soja
John Yahaya Madaki ya kasance gwamnan mulkin soja na jihar Katsina a Najeriya a watan Disambar 1989 a lokacin mulkin soja na Janar Ibrahim Babangida. Ya mika wa zababben gwamnan farar hula Saidu Barda a watan Janairun 1992 a farkon jamhuriya ta uku ta Najeriya.
An haifi Madaki a Gawu Babangida a karamar hukumar Gurara a jihar Neja. An yi masa lakabi da “kwararre a cikin daji” bayan ya halarci wani kwas a Malaya kan Yakin Jungle na ci gaba da Yaki da Rayuwa. A lokacin juyin mulkin 1985 da Janar Ibrahim Babangida ya hau mulki, Manjo John Madaki shi ne kwamandan bataliya ta 123 na Guards a Ikeja, kuma ya taimaka wajen samun nasarar juyin mulkin.
Madaki ya samu mukamin Laftanar Kanar kuma ya zama gwamnan jihar Katsina a watan Disamba 1989. Katsina ita ce cibiyar Harkar Musulunci da aka kafa a 1985 da nufin kafa daular Musulunci a Najeriya. A cikin watan Mayun 1990, Madaki ya gargadi dukkan malaman addini da su guji shiga harkokin siyasa, sannan ya kafa hukumar addini da za ta ba da izini da kuma kula da ayyukan dukkan masu wa’azin Musulunci a jihar. Hankali ya tashi, kuma bayan tarzomar an kama da yawa daga cikin jagororin Islama. Bayan mika mulki ga gwamnan farar hula a watan Janairun 1992, Madaki ya sake komawa ziyarar aiki sau biyu a matsayin Kwamanda, Brigade of Guard kafin ya yi ritaya a matsayin Kanar.
Bayan ya yi ritaya daga aikin soja, Madaki ya zama ƙwararren ɗan wasan golf kuma kyaftin na farko na IBB Golf and Country Club. A cikin watan Afrilun 2006, an nada shi mamba a Kwamitin Tallafawa Balaguro na Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararru ta Najeriya (PGAN). Madaki babban memba ne na cocin Katolika. A watan Oktoban 2003, ya gana da shugabannin cocin, inda ya ba su tabbacin goyon bayan Ibrahim Babangida idan ya zama shugaban kasa a 2007. A 2009, ya kasance shugaban hukumar jin dadin alhazai ta FCT. Shi ne mai riƙe da Order of St. Gregory (KSG) wanda Paparoma ya ba shi a cikin 2009.
An nada Madaki a matsayin shugaban hukumar hada-hadar hannayen jari a watan Mayun 2001. A watan Agustan shekarar 2007 ne shugaba Umaru Yar’adua ya amince da nadinsa a matsayin mai ba da shawara na musamman kan harkokin tsaro ga ministan babban birnin tarayya, Aliyu Modibbo Umar. A cikin wannan rawar a cikin Mayu 2009, ya amince da murkushe ta’addanci a cikin FCT, ba tare da keɓance ayarin motocin VIP ba.