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ADCs Of Nigerian Heads Of State Since 1956 by naptu2: 5:46am On Apr 29, 2023 |
ADCs of Nigerian Heads of State since 1956. 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. Various countries have their own individual traditions regarding the duties of the ADC or equerry to their Commander In Chief. In France, Russia and the United States, the president's ADC carries the country's nuclear briefcase. In the United Kingdom, an ADC is usually a high ranking officer or member of the Royal Family (eg, Prince Philip and Prince Charles are ADCs to the Queen) and what we would call an ADC is called an equerry. Aides-de-camp are usually of the rank of major, lieutenant colonel or colonel. Nigeria inherited the practice of assigning military aides-de-camp to the head of state and commander in chief from the British. British governor-generals of Nigeria (before independence) had military ADCs. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aide-de-camp https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equerry 8 Likes 4 Shares |
Re: ADCs Of Nigerian Heads Of State Since 1956 by naptu2: 5:46am On Apr 29, 2023 |
Elizabeth II, Queen, Head of State and Commander In Chief of The Armed Forces Of The Federation Of Nigeria. Equerry = Johnson Thomas Umanakwe Aguiyi Ironsi (Royal West African Frontier Force). Aguiyi Ironsi was the equerry to Queen Elizabeth II when she visited Nigeria in 1956. He attained the rank of Major General and was the Head of State and Supreme Commander of The Armed Forces Of The Federal Republic Of Nigeria when he was killed in 1966. Lieutenant JTU Aguiyi-Ironsi was also the aide-de-camp to the Governor of Nigeria, Sir John Stewart Macpherson, in the early 1950s. Picture 1: JTU Aguiyi-Ironsi behind Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip. Picture 2: JTU Aguiyi-Ironsi in a Land Rover with Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip 13 Likes 4 Shares
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Re: ADCs Of Nigerian Heads Of State Since 1956 by naptu2: 5:47am On Apr 29, 2023 |
Sir James Robertson, Governor General, Head of State and Commander In Chief of The Armed Forces Of The Federation Of Nigeria (representative of the Queen). ADC = Robert Adeyinka Adebayo (Royal Nigerian Army). Robert Adeyinka Adebayo became the first Nigerian aide-de-camp to the Governor General of Nigeria in 1957. He rose to the rank of Major General and served as Governor of the Western Region and the Western State. 13 Likes 2 Shares
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Re: ADCs Of Nigerian Heads Of State Since 1956 by naptu2: 5:48am On Apr 29, 2023 |
The Right Honourable Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, Governor General, Head of State And Commander In Chief Of The Armed Forces Of The Federation Of Nigeria (1960-1963) and President, Head Of State And Commander In Chief Of The Armed Forces Of The Federal Republic Of Nigeria (1963-1966). President Azikiwe had 3 ADCs (serving concurrently), one each from the army, navy and air force. ADC = Orho Esio Obada (Nigerian Army). Orho Obada attained the rank of Major General before retiring from the army. ADC = Michael Adelanwa (Nigerian Navy) Michael Adelanwa rose to become a Vice Admiral and Chief of The Naval Staff. Picture 1: Major General Orho Esio Obada Picture 2: Michael Adelanwa Picture 3: Vice Admiral Michael Ayinde Adelanwa (Chief Of Naval Staff). 10 Likes 2 Shares
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Re: ADCs Of Nigerian Heads Of State Since 1956 by naptu2: 5:48am On Apr 29, 2023 |
Major General Johnson Thomas Umanakwe Aguiyi-Ironsi, Head Of State And Supreme Commander Of The Armed Forces Of The Federal Republic Of Nigeria. General Aguiyi Ironsi had 3 ADCs (serving concurrently), one each from the army, navy and air force. ADC = Lieutenant Sani Bello (Nigerian Army). Sani Bello became a Colonel and Governor of Kano State. He is the father of the present governor of Niger State. ADC = Lieutenant Andrew Nwankwo (Nigerian Air Force). Andrew Nwankwo retired with the rank of Captain and later became a senator. Picture 1: Colonel Sani Bello Picture 2: Senator Andrew Nwankwo. 8 Likes
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Re: ADCs Of Nigerian Heads Of State Since 1956 by naptu2: 5:48am On Apr 29, 2023 |
General Yakubu Gowon, Head Of State And Commander In Chief Of The Armed Forces Of The Federal Republic Of Nigeria. ADC = Colonel William Walbe (Nigerian Army). Colonel Walbe served as the Defence Attache at the Nigerian Embassy in Washington after General Gowon was overthrown. 10 Likes 3 Shares
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Re: ADCs Of Nigerian Heads Of State Since 1956 by helinues: 5:49am On Apr 29, 2023 |
Interesting. Weekend is for history lesson. 37 Likes 2 Shares
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Re: ADCs Of Nigerian Heads Of State Since 1956 by naptu2: 5:50am On Apr 29, 2023 |
General Murtala Ramat Muhammed, Head Of State And Commander In Chief Of The Armed Forces Of The Federal Republic Of Nigeria. ADC = Lieutenant Akintunde Akinsehinwa (Nigerian Army). Lieutenant Akinsehinwa was General Muhammed's ADC when he was Inspector Of Signals and Minister of Communications. Muhammed decided to retain Akinsenhinwa as his ADC when he became Head Of State. Lieutenant Akinsehinwa died as a result of injuries that he sustained during the February 13, 1976 coup. 15 Likes 6 Shares
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Re: ADCs Of Nigerian Heads Of State Since 1956 by naptu2: 5:51am On Apr 29, 2023 |
General Olusegun Obasanjo, Head Of State And Commander In Chief Of The Armed Forces Of The Federal Republic Of Nigeria. ADC = Ekpo Archibong (Nigerian Army) Ekpo Archibong rose to the rank of Major General and was the GOC, 2nd Mechanised Division, Ibadan when Olusegun Obasanjo became the President of Nigeria in 1999. ADC = Major Omowon (Nigerian Army). Picture: Major General Ekpo Archibong. 5 Likes 1 Share
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Re: ADCs Of Nigerian Heads Of State Since 1956 by naptu2: 5:51am On Apr 29, 2023 |
Alhaji Shehu Shagari, President, Head Of State And Commander In Chief Of The Armed Forces Of The Federal Republic Of Nigeria. ADC = Lieutenant Colonel Isa Garkida Usman (Nigerian Army). ADC = Major Ali Geidam (Nigerian Army) 7 Likes 1 Share |
Re: ADCs Of Nigerian Heads Of State Since 1956 by naptu2: 5:52am On Apr 29, 2023 |
Major General Muhammadu Buhari, Head Of State And Commander In Chief Of The Armed Forces Of The Federal Republic Of Nigeria. ADC = Colonel Mustapha Haruna Jokolo (Nigerian Army). Colonel Jokolo later became the Emir of Gwandu. 11 Likes 2 Shares
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Re: ADCs Of Nigerian Heads Of State Since 1956 by naptu2: 5:52am On Apr 29, 2023 |
General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, President, Head Of State And Commander In Chief Of The Armed Forces Of The Federal Republic Of Nigeria. ADC = Colonel Sambo Dasuki (Nigerian Army). Colonel Dasuki was President Babangida's ADC from 1985 until his clash with General Abacha c1988. He later became the National Security Adviser during the Goodluck Jonathan era. ADC = Colonel Usman Kakanda Bello (Nigerian Army). Colonel U.K. Bello was killed during the April 22nd, 1990 coup. ADC = Colonel Nuhu Bamalli Colonel Nuhu Bamalli was the Principal Staff Officer to the President and became the President's ADC when Colonel Bello was killed. He was the commander of the Nigerian contingent of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) in 2003. Major General Bamalli died in a plane crash that killed many senior military officers who were on their way to Obudu for the Chief Of Army Staff's conference in 2006. He was the GOC of the 2nd Division at the time. Picture 1: Colonel Sambo Dasuki Picture 2: Colonel UK Bello Picture 3: Major General Nuhu Bamalli 8 Likes 2 Shares
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Re: ADCs Of Nigerian Heads Of State Since 1956 by naptu2: 5:55am On Apr 29, 2023 |
General Sani Abacha, Head Of State And Commander In Chief Of The Armed Forces Of The Federal Republic Of Nigeria ADC = Lieutenant Colonel Abdulmalik Jibrin ADC = Major Aminu ADC = Lieutenant Colonel Muhammed Mustapha Abdallah (Nigerian Army). Lieutenant Colonel Abdallah obtained a Certificate of Education from the Nigeria Defence Academy in 1977 and a Bachelor’s Degree in American Politics and Government from Sam Houston State University, Huntville, Texas, USA in 1989. He also has an M. A. Public Administration, LLB and LLM Degrees from Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria 2005 and 2011 respectively and Bachelor of Law from the Nigeria Law School in 2006. Lieutenant Colonel Abdallah served as chairman of the NDLEA from 2016 till 2021 Photo: Colonel Muhammed Mustapha Abdallah 10 Likes 1 Share
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Re: ADCs Of Nigerian Heads Of State Since 1956 by naptu2: 5:56am On Apr 29, 2023 |
General Abdulsalami Abubakar, Head Of State And Commander In Chief Of The Armed Forces Of The Federal Republic Of Nigeria. ADC = Colonel Abide Aprezi (Nigerian Army). 10 Likes 1 Share |
Re: ADCs Of Nigerian Heads Of State Since 1956 by naptu2: 5:56am On Apr 29, 2023 |
Olusegun Obasanjo, President, Head Of State and Commander In Chief Of The Armed Forces Of The Federal Republic Of Nigeria ADC = Colonel Solomon Giwa-Amu (Nigerian Army). 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. ADC = Colonel Chris Jemitola (Nigerian Army). 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. Photo 1: Solomon Giwa-Amu Photo 2: Chris Jemitola 8 Likes 1 Share
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Re: ADCs Of Nigerian Heads Of State Since 1956 by naptu2: 5:56am On Apr 29, 2023 |
Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, President And Commander In Chief Of The Armed Forces Of The Federal Republic Of Nigeria. ADC = Colonel Mustapha Dennis Onoyivetta (Nigerian Army). 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). 13 Likes 1 Share
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Re: ADCs Of Nigerian Heads Of State Since 1956 by naptu2: 5:58am On Apr 29, 2023 |
Dr Goodluck Jonathan, President, Head Of State And Commander In Chief Of The Armed Forces Of The Federal Republic Of Nigeria ADC = Colonel Ojogbane Adegbe (Nigerian Army). Colonel Adegbe served as the ADC to President Goodluck Jonathan from 2010 to 2015. 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. 17 Likes
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Re: ADCs Of Nigerian Heads Of State Since 1956 by naptu2: 5:59am On Apr 29, 2023 |
Muhammadu Buhari, President, Head Of State and Commander In Chief Of The Armed Forces Of The Federal Republic Of Nigeria. ADC = Colonel Muhammed Lawal Abubakar (Nigerian Army). Colonel Abubakar was President Buhari's ADC from 2015 till 2021. He has served the longest period of time as ADC to the president since 1999 and the second longest period of time as ADC to a Nigerian head of state (after William Walbe). He holds a bachelor of science degree in biological sciences from the Nigerian Defence Academy, masters in law enforcement and criminal justice and masters in international affairs and diplomacy (MIAD) both from A B U Zaria. ADC = Lieutenant Colonel Yusuf Muktar Dodo (Nigerian Army). Colonel Dodo is President Buhari's current ADC. 6 Likes 1 Share
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Re: ADCs Of Nigerian Heads Of State Since 1956 by naptu2: 6:00am On Apr 29, 2023 |
Lt. Col Nurudeen Alowonle Yusuf has been appointed as the ADC to the president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. 57 Likes 8 Shares
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Re: ADCs Of Nigerian Heads Of State Since 1956 by ShaqFu: 6:08am On Apr 29, 2023 |
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Re: ADCs Of Nigerian Heads Of State Since 1956 by Richard2007(m): 6:19am On Apr 29, 2023 |
Interesting |
Re: ADCs Of Nigerian Heads Of State Since 1956 by xevove2061: 6:19am On Apr 29, 2023 |
naptu2: Look at them in the 50s, these men were in their late 20s and very early 30s when they took the helm of affairs of the nation at the time, but a 30 year old man in present day nigeria has not dome anything meaningful with his life yet. 49 Likes 5 Shares |
Re: ADCs Of Nigerian Heads Of State Since 1956 by naptu2: 6:44am On Apr 29, 2023 |
This post is from September 17th, 2022 naptu2: 4 Likes
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Re: ADCs Of Nigerian Heads Of State Since 1956 by naptu2: 6:44am On Apr 29, 2023 |
naptu2: Photo 1: President Ronald Reagan and his ADC, Colonel John Kline (US Marines). Colonel Kline is carrying the nuclear football. He later became a member of the US House Of Representatives. Photo 2: President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his army ADC, Major General Edwin Martin "Pa" Watson. Notice that the President is supporting himself with his cane on his left hand and he has his right hand in his ADC's arm (remember Yar'Adua?). (Roosevelt was usually assisted by his son or his ADC when he had to stand in public). President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was crippled by polio, but he didn't want the US public to know about it, so he often leaned on his ADC when he had to stand in public (he also used the Secret Service to prevent photographers from taking pictures of him when he was in his wheelchair or had to be assisted in public). Photo 3: President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his Naval ADC, Captain Daniel J. Callaghan, taking the salute of a composite Battalion of the 14th Infantry at Gatun Locks, Panama Canal Zone, as they were disembarking from USS Tuscaloosa (CA-37) on 18 February 1940. (Daniel Callaghan attained the rank of Rear Admiral before he was killed during the 2nd World War when an enemy shell hit his flagship). Photo 4: President Barrack Obama's former ADC from 2012-2014, US Marine Corp Lieutenant Colonel Lee Meyer (extreme right on the stage) assists the President as he presents medals of honour to military veterans. Colonel Meyer said that he was told, when he was appointed as the President's ADC, that it's a 24 hours a day, 7 days a week job. “I really realised that I was married when I told my wife that I couldn’t do something she wanted me to do because my president needed me ... and she said that wasn’t a good enough excuse,” said Meyer, who has been married for about a year Photo 5: US President Jimmy Carter at Dodan Barracks. Beside President Carter is the parade commander. Behind them is the Commander of the (Nigerian) Brigade of Guards, Colonel Mamman Vatsa and beside Vatsa (in white) is President Carter's ADC. Photo 6: Presidents Obasanjo and Clinton with their ADCs. I think President Clinton's ADC in this picture was Colonel Dana Pittard, while President Obasanjo's ADC was the late Colonel Solomon Giwa-Amu. Photo 7: US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Robert "Buzz" Patterson and President Bill Clinton. Lieutenant Colonel Patterson was President Clinton's Air Force ADC from 1996-1998. In an extremely unusual move, Colonel Patterson wrote a book (after he had retired from the Air Force and Bill Clinton had left the White House) in which he viciously criticised President Clinton (I think it was in this book that he revealed that President Clinton once lost "The Biscuit" [a small notebook that contains the codes for launching a nuclear strike). The book is called, "Dereliction of Duty: Eyewitness Account of How Bill Clinton Compromised America's National Security". Photo 8: President Obama with David Kalinske and his family. Photo 9: President Obama with David Kalinske and family on Colonel kalinske's last day as the President's ADC. 5 Likes 1 Share
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Re: ADCs Of Nigerian Heads Of State Since 1956 by naptu2: 6:44am On Apr 29, 2023 |
Photo 5: US President Jimmy Carter at Dodan Barracks. Beside President Carter is the parade commander. Behind them is the Commander of the (Nigerian) Brigade of Guards, Colonel Mamman Vatsa and beside Vatsa (in white) is President Carter's ADC. Photo 6: Presidents Obasanjo and Clinton with their ADCs. I think President Clinton's ADC in this picture was Colonel Dana Pittard, while President Obasanjo's ADC was the late Colonel Solomon Giwa-Amu. Photo 7: US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Robert "Buzz" Patterson and President Bill Clinton. Lieutenant Colonel Patterson was President Clinton's Air Force ADC from 1996-1998. In an extremely unusual move, Colonel Patterson wrote a book (after he had retired from the Air Force and Bill Clinton had left the White House) in which he viciously criticised President Clinton (I think it was in this book that he revealed that President Clinton once lost "The Biscuit" [a small notebook that contains the codes for launching a nuclear strike). The book is called, "Dereliction of Duty: Eyewitness Account of How Bill Clinton Compromised America's National Security". Photo 8: President Obama with David Kalinske and his family. 3 Likes
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Re: ADCs Of Nigerian Heads Of State Since 1956 by yhemsy62(m): 6:51am On Apr 29, 2023 |
Sorry guys |
Re: ADCs Of Nigerian Heads Of State Since 1956 by CaptainStephen(m): 6:53am On Apr 29, 2023 |
naptu2:He is still serving as a Major General now. |
Re: ADCs Of Nigerian Heads Of State Since 1956 by Ahmed0336(m): 7:02am On Apr 29, 2023 |
Educative I must say. 1 Like |
Re: ADCs Of Nigerian Heads Of State Since 1956 by naptu2: 7:20am On Apr 29, 2023 |
Photo 9: President Obama with David Kalinske and family on Colonel kalinske's last day as the President's ADC. 3 Likes
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Re: ADCs Of Nigerian Heads Of State Since 1956 by naptu2: 7:34am On Apr 29, 2023 |
This post is from 2016. naptu2: 1 Like
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Re: ADCs Of Nigerian Heads Of State Since 1956 by AdolfHitlerxXx: 7:36am On Apr 29, 2023 |
Don't put an Okoro as ADC. They ALWAYS flee the battle field. Zik, Ojukwu and Kanu all ran away at first gunshot. Even Peter obi ran from PDP primaries before it started. Victor Banjo, a Yoruba man led the Biafra Army while Ojukwu was shivering in his wife's skirts. 50 Likes 8 Shares
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Re: ADCs Of Nigerian Heads Of State Since 1956 by goodness4ever(m): 7:41am On Apr 29, 2023 |
This is very informative. 4 Likes |
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