The President and Commander in Chief (C in C) of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is one of few civilians in Nigeria that is entitled to a military ADC (the Minister of Defence is also entitled to a military ADC). An ADC is a military assistant to a senior military officer. The duties of the President's ADC include managing the President's security (in conjunction with the Chief Security Officer) and acting as liaison between the President and the Brigade of Guards. The C in C's ADC is usually a colonel, but Murtala Muhammed decided to retain the ADC he had before becoming the C in C (this ADC, Akintunde Akinsehinwa, was a lieutenant). The ADCs of the Commander in Chief since the return to civilian rule in 1999 are: -

1) Colonel Solomon Giwa-Amu:


Solomon Giwa-Amu from Edo State was President Obasanjo's ADC from 1999-2003. He studied law at the University of Benin and the Nigerian Law School. He also had a masters degree in strategic operations from the US Army War College.

Colonel Giwa-Amu had previously served as ADC to General Ike Nwachukwu, Military Assistant to the Chief of Logistics of the Nigerian Army and Military Assistant to the Chief of Operations of the Nigerian Army.

He was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General after serving as ADC to President Obasanjo and he also served as Defence Attache to the Nigerian Mission to the United Nations, Commander of the 81 Division Military Police and Director of Defence Information. He was also very active in many charitable organisations.

Brigadier General Giwa-Amu died in a car crash in February 2008.

2) Colonel Chris Jemitola: -


Colonel Chris Jemitola served as ADC to President Obasanjo from 2003-2007.

After serving as ADC to the President, he served as Director of Defence Information and later as Defence Attache in the Nigerian Embassy in Brazil. He was promoted to the rank of Major General in 2014.

3) Colonel Mustapha Dennis Onoyiveta:



Colonel Mustapha Onoyiveta from Delta State served as ADC to President Yar'Adua from 2007-2010. He played a controversial role while protecting the President during his illness, especially when the President suddenly returned to Nigeria from Saudi Arabia.

He was subsequently promoted to the rank of Brigadier General and posted to the Army Headquarters as head of the Army Operations Monitoring Team. He later served as Chief of Staff to the Chief of Army Staff (Generals Ihejirika and Minimah).


4) Colonel Ojogbane Adegbe


Colonel Adegbe is the ADC to President Goodluck Jonathan.

Colonel Ojogbane Adegbe graduated from the Nigerian Defence Academy with a BSc in Mathematics. He also has a masters degree in Intelligence and International Security from Kings College, London. He has served in the 26th Motorized Battalion, Ecomog in Sierra Leone, the Office of the Defence Adviser at the Nigerian High Commission in London, the Intelligence Production Centre of the Headquarters of the Nigerian Army Intelligence Corps and the 81 Division Intelligence Command, Lagos.

Colonel Adegbe has served as President Jonathan's ADC since 2010.


I wonder who Buhari's ADC will be.

An aide-de-camp is a personal assistant or secretary to a person of high rank, usually a senior military or government officer, a member of a royal family, or a head of state. 

Charles James Esquire's Military Dictionary (1810) pp 29–30 stated that an aide-de-camp is an officer appointed to attend a general officer and is seldom under the grade of captain: “The King may appoint for himself as many as he pleases, which appointment gives the rank of colonel in the army. Generals being field marshals, have four,lieutenant generals two, major generals one”.

Prince Charles is a personal aide-de-camp to Queen Elizabeth II.

Equerries are equivalents to aides-de-camp in the Royal Household, in which aides-de-camp are restricted to senior officers with a primarily honorific role. JTU Aguiyi-Ironsi served as Equerry to Queen Elizabeth when she visited Nigeria in 1956.


Queen Elizabeth in Abuja in 2003. One of her ADCs is behind her. Source http://www.gettyimages.ae/detail/news-photo/queen-elizabeth-ii-of-england-and-nigerian-president-news-photo/2779531

Within the United States Army, aides-de-camp are specifically appointed to general-grade officers (NATO Code OF-6 through OF-10), the Secretary of the Army, Secretary of Defense, Vice President, and President of the United States

The military aides to the President number five (one from each of the uniformed services), and they are majors and lieutenant-colonels. One of their major roles is to hold the Presidential emergency satchel (nuclear football). There are, in addition to these five permanent aides-de-camp, some 40-45 military social aides, who are more junior (lieutenant to major) and are temporary officers whose appointment is, as their titles suggest, for social purposes (primarily as hosts at the White House). They are part-time, required for perhaps 2-4 afternoons a month.



President Clinton and President Obasanjo and their ADCs in Abuja in 1999.





US President, Jimmy Carter, inspecting the guards at Dodan Barracks. Behind (in white) is the President's ADC.



http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aide-de-camp

Buhari ADC [img]wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/be/Abubakar_Shekau.jpg[/img].

The post of ADC to the president is very sensitive and seems more important than the position of the firstlady security wise. No wonder the presidents handpick whom they trust on personal intuitions not by recommendation from a third party.

Interesting.

And they later became big tievs.

ThunderTrail:
And they later became big tievs.

By coming to your house to rob.... lol

Shey mak i com dey run ni

When are they going to discard this relic ( zombie standing behind baboon) of the military era?

Please I want us to start a campaign to do away with this useless and backward military tradition that has been featuring prominently in our democracy. Our presidents appear very primitive and intoxicated by power whenever they are seen with that man in Khaki standing behind them. Can't we just have an SS guy take that place or a military man in civilian clothes as is done in civilised countries??

The figure always appears appalling to me honestly. Buhari should really consider ditching that tradition. It looks just too darn military, and "Burundish".

omenka:
Please I want us to start a campaign to do away with this useless and backward military tradition that has been featuring prominently in our democracy. Our presidents appear very primitive and intoxicated by power whenever they are seen with that man in Khaki standing behind them. Can't we just have an SS guy take that place or a military man in civilian clothes as is done in civilised countries??

The figure always appears appalling to me honestly. Buhari should really consider ditching that tradition. It looks just too darn military "Burundish".

Hmmmn..

BTW, Is Oga Naptu back??

naptu2:
The President and Commander in Chief (C in C) of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is one of few civilians in Nigeria that is entitled to a military ADC (the Minister of Defence is also entitled to a military ADC). An ADC is a military assistant to a senior military officer. The duties of the President's ADC include managing the President's security (in conjunction with the Chief Security Officer) and acting as liaison between the President and the Brigade of Guards. The C in C's ADC is usually a colonel, but Murtala Muhammed decided to retain the ADC he had before becoming the C in C (this ADC, Akintunde Akinsehinwa, was a lieutenant). The ADCs of the Commander in Chief since the return to civilian rule in 1999 are: -

1) Colonel Solomon Giwa-Amu:


Solomon Giwa-Amu from Edo State was President Obasanjo's ADC from 1999-2003. He studied law at the University of Benin and the Nigerian Law School. He also had a masters degree in strategic operations from the US Army War College.

Colonel Giwa-Amu had previously served as ADC to General Ike Nwachukwu, Military Assistant to the Chief of Logistics of the Nigerian Army and Military Assistant to the Chief of Operations of the Nigerian Army.

He was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General after serving as ADC to President Obasanjo and he also served as Defence Attache to the Nigerian Mission to the United Nations, Commander of the 81 Division Military Police and Director of Defence Information. He was also very active in many charitable organisations.

Brigadier General Giwa-Amu died in a car crash in February 2008.

2) Colonel Chris Jemitola: -


Colonel Chris Jemitola served as ADC to President Obasanjo from 2003-2007.

After serving as ADC to the President, he served as Director of Defence Information and later as Defence Attache in the Nigerian Embassy in Brazil. He was promoted to the rank of Major General in 2014.

3) Colonel Mustapha Dennis Onoyiveta:



Colonel Mustapha Onoyiveta from Delta State served as ADC to President Yar'Adua from 2007-2010. He played a controversial role while protecting the President during his illness, especially when the President suddenly returned to Nigeria from Saudi Arabia.

He was subsequently promoted to the rank of Brigadier General and posted to the Army Headquarters as head of the Army Operations Monitoring Team. He later served as Chief of Staff to the Chief of Army Staff (Generals Ihejirika and Minimah).


4) Colonel Ojogbane Adegbe


Colonel Adegbe is the ADC to President Goodluck Jonathan.

Colonel Ojogbane Adegbe graduated from the Nigerian Defence Academy with a BSc in Mathematics. He also has a masters degree in Intelligence and International Security from Kings College, London. He has served in the 26th Motorized Battalion, Ecomog in Sierra Leone, the Office of the Defence Adviser at the Nigerian High Commission in London, the Intelligence Production Centre of the Headquarters of the Nigerian Army Intelligence Corps and the 81 Division Intelligence Command, Lagos.

Colonel Adegbe has served as President Jonathan's ADC since 2010.


I wonder who Buhari's ADC will be.

Buhari's ADC is LtCol ML Abubakar. He was posted as ADC to President-elect about two weeks ago!

Chris Jemitola's face was 'popular' during OBJ's 2nd term. Like someone said, these are sensitive roles but appearing in military attire does nothing but 'remind us of our past' when you see them behind the COC at every function (re-read to understand the use of words here. It got so bad that GEJ had to adorn the military attire on different occasions. It's a 'psychological' thing; the organisation of the security service does not need much public display like SSS has done in recent times. A covert operation is the 'needful'; stop intimidating the people with these men. The shoe-throwing attack against Bush in Iraq comes to mind here.

By the way, hope it's not part of their duties to 'arrange' the chair when the President is about to sit during functions like FEC meeting etc

Chris Jemitola i doff my hat sir...

Baba is here

Never seen Nigerians happy like this cuz of a new government apart from the death of Abacha.... shows how worst this outgoing administration had been

good list
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Colonel Chris Jemitola is my man
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okay

chat2deen:


Buhari's ADC is LtCol ML Abubakar. He was posted as ADC to President-elect about two weeks ago!

hmm.........I see.

Helkayklassic:
Chris Jemitola i doff my hat sir...

Baba is here

I think the tradition is in order,it should be sustained,afterall usa and the queen still maintain it even in democracy

So these men can actually smile

naptu2:
The President and Commander in Chief (C in C) of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is one of few civilians in Nigeria that is entitled to a military ADC (the Minister of Defence is also entitled to a military ADC). An ADC is a military assistant to a senior military officer. The duties of the President's ADC include managing the President's security (in conjunction with the Chief Security Officer) and acting as liaison between the President and the Brigade of Guards. The C in C's ADC is usually a colonel, but Murtala Muhammed decided to retain the ADC he had before becoming the C in C (this ADC, Akintunde Akinsehinwa, was a lieutenant). The ADCs of the Commander in Chief since the return to civilian rule in 1999 are: -

1) Colonel Solomon Giwa-Amu:


Solomon Giwa-Amu from Edo State was President Obasanjo's ADC from 1999-2003. He studied law at the University of Benin and the Nigerian Law School. He also had a masters degree in strategic operations from the US Army War College.

Colonel Giwa-Amu had previously served as ADC to General Ike Nwachukwu, Military Assistant to the Chief of Logistics of the Nigerian Army and Military Assistant to the Chief of Operations of the Nigerian Army.

He was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General after serving as ADC to President Obasanjo and he also served as Defence Attache to the Nigerian Mission to the United Nations, Commander of the 81 Division Military Police and Director of Defence Information. He was also very active in many charitable organisations.

Brigadier General Giwa-Amu died in a car crash in February 2008.

2) Colonel Chris Jemitola: -


Colonel Chris Jemitola served as ADC to President Obasanjo from 2003-2007.

After serving as ADC to the President, he served as Director of Defence Information and later as Defence Attache in the Nigerian Embassy in Brazil. He was promoted to the rank of Major General in 2014.

3) Colonel Mustapha Dennis Onoyiveta:



Colonel Mustapha Onoyiveta from Delta State served as ADC to President Yar'Adua from 2007-2010. He played a controversial role while protecting the President during his illness, especially when the President suddenly returned to Nigeria from Saudi Arabia.

He was subsequently promoted to the rank of Brigadier General and posted to the Army Headquarters as head of the Army Operations Monitoring Team. He later served as Chief of Staff to the Chief of Army Staff (Generals Ihejirika and Minimah).


4) Colonel Ojogbane Adegbe


Colonel Adegbe is the ADC to President Goodluck Jonathan.

Colonel Ojogbane Adegbe graduated from the Nigerian Defence Academy with a BSc in Mathematics. He also has a masters degree in Intelligence and International Security from Kings College, London. He has served in the 26th Motorized Battalion, Ecomog in Sierra Leone, the Office of the Defence Adviser at the Nigerian High Commission in London, the Intelligence Production Centre of the Headquarters of the Nigerian Army Intelligence Corps and the 81 Division Intelligence Command, Lagos.

Colonel Adegbe has served as President Jonathan's ADC since 2010.


I wonder who Buhari's ADC will be.

I guess it's me