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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

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).

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

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

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.

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)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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

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

Where are the laurel wreaths?

Behold ‘Field Marshal’ Goodluck Jonathan
https://www.africanheritagemagazine.de/behold-field-marshal-goodluck-jonathan/

Buhari arrives Army trooping ceremony in Field Marshal rank
https://sunnewsonline.com/buhari-arrives-army-trooping-ceremony-in-field-marshal-rank/

Look at Shagari's shoulder. Isn't that the rank for a marshal of the air force (5 stars)? Can't you see the laurel wreath around the crossed swords?

Or simply count the number of stars on Buhari's collar here, or the number of stars on his remembrance emblem

1 star = brigadier general

2 stars = major general

3 stars = lieutenant general

4 stars = general

5 stars = field marshal

People are still arguing with that guy. They don't know that he created that account just to troll.

Even a blind man can see the difference between an eagle and two crossed swords which are for a major general and an eagle, two crossed swords and laurel wreaths which are for a field marshal. All you have to do is to look at Buhari and Shagari's shoulders.

But no matter what evidence you provide, the guy will still argue because he recently created this account for the specific purpose of trolling.

Screenshots.

tunderahman @tunderahmanu

President Buhari & President-elect Tinubu on their way to State House Mosque for JUMA'AT prayers...this afternoon

https://twitter.com/tunderahmanu/status/1651940004837433353

Muhammadu Buhari @MBuhari

It was my pleasure to welcome President-Elect @officialABAT to the State House for Jumaat Prayers this afternoon.

https://twitter.com/MBuhari/status/1651939763132198921

Court Convicts Lagos Fire False Caller

The Magistrate sitting at the Samuel Ilori Magistrate Court Ogba, Ikeja, Lagos has yesterday convicted one Uzuokwu Solomon of the two counts charge preferred against him by the State.

Magistrate Bambo Odueke committed him to a month imprisonment with an option of a fine and a month of community service that includes campaign against false calls within the jurisdiction of the State. Whereas the convict opted for the fine.

The Magistrate who tempered justice with mercy passed the minimum sentence of the law on him after the defendant showed remorse and wasted no time of the court by pleading guilty to breaching the public peace and making hoax Fire emergency call.

The ruling also follows the court's acknowledgement of the noble firefighting profession and the effective service delivery of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service that required the encouragement of all and sundry.

The Director, Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Mrs. Margaret Adeseye expressed her delight at the swift prosecution of the case to serve as a deterrent to other misguided citizens who are in the habit of making false calls and misleading emergency responders.

Adeseye also used the occasion to note the seemingly reduction in false calls since the advent of the case and pledged to work with the culprit in using his community service as another medium to reach a large audience among other efforts being champion by the Agency.

Recall the culprit had reportedly placed a call on Friday, April 14, 2023 at 17:35 hours to Harmony Estate, Langbasa, Ajah, Lagos and reported a Fire emergency within the estate leading to the dispatch of the Lekki Phase II fire Service Station. On arrival of the Fire crew at the estate, every efforts to trace the acclaimed Fire outbreak proved abortive.

He however first appeared in court penultimate Wednesday, April 19 which was adjourned till today for the conclusion of the matter in record time to ensure that justice is not denied.

Agboola Ololade
Deputy Director, Public Affairs,
Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service
April 28, 2023.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Crk2ZTLLjmY/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y%3D


See previous thread here: Lagos Government To Prosecute Uzuokwu Solomon, False Emergency Caller