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.

Suraj Tunji Oyewale     Apaokagi     Titus Suberu-Ajibola     SDP     Adeola Abraham     Isiaq Khadeejah     Mohammed Jimoh Faworaja     Aisha Ahman Pategi     Marufat Oladosu     Mope Dasuki Belgore     Lotus Bank     Kuliyan Geri     Muhammad Akande Olarewaju Odunade     Ambassador Kayode Laro     Mufti Of Ilorin     James Ayeni     Yakubu Shaaba     GGDSS Pakata     SSUCOEN     Mahfouz Adedimeji     Gbugbu     Kwara Basketball Association     Sidikat Uthman Ajibola     Ishola Balogun Fulani     Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu     Sarakite     Oniwasi Agbaye     Kwabes     Ejidongari     Joseph Alex Offorjama     Senior Special Assistant On Student Affairs     Oko-Erin     Sabi     Bello Taoheed Abubakar     Kayode Oyin Zubair     Ijakadi     NITDA     New Model Police Station     Code Of Conduct Bureau     Turaki     CT Ayeni     Funmilayo Zubair     Idris Amosa Saidu     Bilikisu Oniyangi     Saheed Akinwumi     Plat Technologies     Bello Oyedepo     Ahmad Olayiwola Kamaldeen     Ilorin Emirate Stakeholders Forum     Kazeem Oladepo     Ajuloopin     Adedeji Onimago     Olatunji Ibrahim     Dumagi     Alabi Lawal     Kwara State Football Association     Ilorin South     Ado Bayero     Ezekiel Yissa Benjamin     Ilorin Likeminds Foundation     Mohammed Yahaya Barki     Gbadeyan Gbadura Yomi     Sidikat Alaya     Olayinka Are     Biliaminu Aliu     Sayomi     Sadiq Umar     Ibraheem Adeola Katibi     Yoruba     JAMB     Olokoba Sulyman     Ahman Pategi     Kwara Apc     Okin Biscuit     Gani Saadu     Iyiola Oyedepo     Ilorin West    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Moses Adekanye     Sunday Otokiti     Ibrahim Oloriegbe     Alfa Yahaya Road     Age AbdulKareem     Olukotun Of Ikotun     Oniwasi Agbaye     Durosinlohun Kawu     Moshood Kashimawo Abiola     Arca Santa     Kamaldeen Gambari     Saka Keji     Orire     Onilupeju Of Ilupeju     Adamu Jemilat-Baki     Gobir     ER-KANG Mining Nigeria Company Limited     Victor Gbenga Yusuf     Iliasu     Kwasu     National Broadcasting Commission     Jide Oyinloye     Coronavirus     Joseph Yemi Ajayi     Abubakar Baba     Jumoke F. Ajao     Fulani     Chartered Institute Of Personnel Management Of Nigeria     Olabimpe Olani     Senate President     Ejidongari     Habeeb Saidu     Odogun Olushola Gabriel     Kwara State Fish Farmers Association     Tafida Of Ilorin     Mohammed Danjuma     Elerinjare     Olatunji Abdulmumeen     Kannike     Hassan Saliu     Nigerian Army     Isaac Gbenle     Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi     Abdulganiyu AbdulAzeez     Muslim Cementary     Fatai Garuba Labaka     Mubarak Oladosu     Damilola Yusuf Adelodun     Olupako Of Share     Funmilayo Mohammed     Oyun     Olugbense     IEDPU     Chemiroy Nigeria Limited     Moronfoye     Amasa     Vasolar     Ojo Fadumila     Saadu Yusuf     Saka Isau     Tuesday Assayomo     Salihu Alhaji Musa     Roheemat Hammed     Abdulrazaq Solihudeen     Kwara Metro Park     Adamu Atta     FOMWAN     Alfa Modibo Belgore     IESA     Islamiya Abdulraheem     Borgu     Rasaq Jimoh     MalHub     Opobiyi     Oke-Ode     Yusuf Arowosaye     COEASU