Former Kwara acting governor, Col. Adedipe, passes on at 78

Date: 2020-05-09

Former acting military governor of Kwara State, Col. John Olajide Adedipe, has passed on at his Ibadan, Oyo State residence.

Col. Adedipe, who died on April 17, after a brief illness, was born in Jebba, Niger State, on April 24, 1942, and hailed from Ifon in Ose Council of Ondo State.

He was Brigade Commander and acting governor of Kwara State following the assassination of the governor, Col. Taiwo in the 1976 military coup.

He was enlisted as an Officer Cadet on April 19, 1962, and successfully completed the cadetship training in NMTC Course 5, with course mates, such as Maj- Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, Maj-Gen. Musa Yar'Adua, Brig-Gen Bako (his roommate), Lt.-Col. Makanjuola, Vice Admiral Tunde Elegbede and Katsina Alu, former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN).

He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant after an exhaustive military training in the United States (US) Army at Fort Dix, NJ and Fort Knox Ky in 1963.

He served in various capacities in the Nigerian Army, holding posts such as Platoon Commander, Officer Commanding (OC), Assistant Adjutant General (AAG), Brigade Commander, Assistant Quartermaster General (AQMG), Director of Personnel Services (DPS), Garrison Commander and Director of Automatic Data Processing, traversing various parts of Nigeria, including Kaduna, Ibadan, Benin, Asaba, Sokoto, Saki, Ilorin, Jos, Calabar and Lagos.

Notable aspects of his military service were active service during the Nigerian civil war from 1966 to 1970; Chief Military Personnel Officer (CMPO) and Nigerian Army Contingent Commander, United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon; Garrison Commander, 2 Division, Jos, during which he relocated the entire Division, hitherto scattered in penny packets around Jos and Bukuru to Rukuba Barracks; Director of Personnel Services at the Army Headquarters and later, Director of Automatic Data Processing at the Army Headquarters in Lagos.

He retired from the Army in 1986 after the Gen. Ibrahim Babangida coup and spent retirement with his late wife, engaging in evangelism, philanthropic and mentoring activities.

After her passing in 2007, he continued with these activities, being involved with numerous organisations.

He is survived by six children and several grandchildren.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Idris Garba     Code Of Conduct Tribunal     Henry Olaosebikan     Bola Shagaya     Salihu Ajibola Ajia     Yusuf Lanre Badmas     Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital     Balogun Ajikobi     TIC     Ejidongari     Seun Bolaji     Chikanda     Yekeen Alabi     Kwara State Government     Agbarere     Ogidi-Oloje     Yusuf Olaolu Ali     Yahaya Dumoye     VADA     James Kolo     Zulkifli Ibraheem     AGF Abdulrazaq     Ibrahim Akaje     Prince Bola Ajibola     Towoju     Yakubu Danladi     Ibrahim Agboola Gambari     Raliat Elelu-Habeeb     Col. Ibrahim Taiwo     Just Law Forum     JMK Construction Company Limited     Raji Ayodele Kamaldeen     Olatinwo     Razaq Atunwa     Amos Justus Sayo     Laduba     Bamidele Adegoke     Makama     Gbenga Olawepo     LABTOP     Sanusi Abubakar     IF-K     GANZY     Taofik Mustapha     Hassan A. Saliu     Pius Abioje     ITP     Fatai Garuba Labaka     Sulaiman Gado     Fatima Abolore Jimoh     Shaaba Lafiagi     Mujtabah Bature     National Union Of Road Transport Workers     EndSARS     Abubakar Lah     Okoolowo     Alabe     Simon Sayomi     Orisa Bridge     Olabanji Orilonishe     Government Girls’ Day Secondary School Pakata     Trader Moni     Femi Oladiji     KwaraLearn     Ibrahim Mashood     Bolaji Abdullahi     Sobi FM     Olusola Saraki     NIPR     Rafiu Ajakaye     Offa Grammer School     Yahaya Oloriegbe     Amusa Bello     Alaro     Niyi Ogundiran     John Olobayo     Olabode George Towoju    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Umar Danladi Shero     Al-Adaby     Tunde Mukaila Mustapha     Economic And Financial Crimes Commission     Kola Shittu     Aminu Ado Bayero     Christopher Odetunde     Funmi Salau     National Broadcasting Commission     KWASSIP     Okin Group     Shaykh Luqman Jimoh     New Naira Notes     Aso-ofi     Sheriff Olanrewaju     Haleeman Salman     Salau Kabiru Abdullahi     Senate     Wahab Agbaje     Muhammad Toyin Sanusi     Towobola Abdulrahman Toyin     Fatai Adeniyi Garba     Ethical College     Junior Secondary School Certificate Examinations     Olukotun Of Ikotun     Henry Olaosebikan     Sobi Specialist Hospital     IQRA College     Muhammad-Mustapha Suleiman     Babaloja-General     Elerinjare-Ibobo     Muslim Cementary     Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem     Olam Food Ingredients     Sunday Otokiti     Shettima     Kwara     Kwara State Geographic Information Service     Aisha Ahman Pategi     Gobir Organization Foundation     Medview Airlines     Bukola Ajikobi     Hassan Abdulazeez Elewu     Suleiman Idris     Oro Grammar School Old Students Association     ASMAU PLAZA     GRA     Oluwole Dupe     Toyin Saraki     Kwabes     Clement Yomi Adeboye     Onilorin Of Ilorin     RTEAN     Olaitan Buraimoh     Majlis For Sadaqah, Zakat And Waqf     Ilesha-Gwanara     Tunji Olawuyi     Oke-Oyi     Michael Nzwekwe     Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran     March 28     Labaeka     John Obuh     GANZY     Pilgrims Board     Marafan Shonga     Ibraheem Adeola Katibi     Lanre Issa-Onilu     Igosun     Christopher Ayeni     Odogun Olushola Gabriel     Olatunji Ibrahim     Reuben Paraje     Just Law Forum     Doyin Group     Afin Descendants Union Of Odo-Owa     Elerin Of Erin-Ile