Hassan Usman is born in the year 1933 in Katsina state, from a Fulani ruling class. He was the son of his royal highness Alhaji sir Nagogo, Emir of Katsina. He started school at the age of seven in Kankiya elementary school. After schooling, he joined the Nigeria army in 1956. He was the first military Governor of the defunct northern region. Katsina's government, saw anti-Igbo sentiment intensity, resulting in 1966 anti - Igbo pogrom, several cities were engulfed in a series of violent killings in reactions to the coup d'etat...