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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).

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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).

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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.

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 is the current chairman of the NDLEA.

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).

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Colonel Dasuki was President Babangida's ADC from 1985 until his clash with General Abacha c1988. He later became the National Security Adviser.



ADC = Colonel Usman Kakanda Bello (Nigerian Army).

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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.

Major General Nuhu Bamalli
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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.

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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).

Lieutenant 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).

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).

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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.

Colonel Sani Bello

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ADC = Lieutenant Andrew Nwankwo (Nigerian Air Force).

Andrew Nwankwo retired with the rank of Captain and later became a senator.

Senator Andrew Nwankwo.
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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).

Major General Orho Esio Obada
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Orho Obada attained the rank of Major General before retiring from the army.


ADC = Michael Adelanwa (Nigerian Navy)

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Michael Adelanwa rose to become a Vice Admiral and Chief of The Naval Staff.


Vice Admiral Michael Ayinde Adelanwa (Chief Of Naval Staff).
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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).

Major General Adeyinka Adebayo
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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.

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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).

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JTU Aguiyi-Ironsi behind Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip.

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.

[size=14pt]ADCs of Nigerian Heads of State since 1956.[/size]

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

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The Head of State of Nigeria had 3 ADCs in the early 1960s (one each from the army, navy and air force).


Lieutenant Orhio Esio Obada (retired with the rank of Major General) was President Nnamdi Azikiwe's army ADC, while Michael Adelanwa (retired with the rank of Vice Admiral and became Chief of Naval Staff) was the president's naval ADC.

Lieutenant Sani Bello (retired with the rank of Colonel and became Governor of Kano State) was Major General Ironsi's army ADC, while Lieutenant (retired with the rank of Captain and became a senator) Andrew Nwankwo was Ironsi's air force ADC.