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.

Mahmud Durosinlohun Atiku     Saadatu Modibbo-Kawu     Olomu     Dasuki Belgore     Bank Of Industry     Okiki     Vishvas KOZ Tractors     Sheikh Ridhwanullah El-ilory     Moro     Ijakadi     National Information Technology Development Agency     Ademola Kiyesola     Forgo Battery     Naira Redesign     Kannike     Aishat Mohammed Lawal     Savannah Centre For Diplomacy, Democracy And Development     Bello Oyedepo     Abdulfatai Baakini     Sun Qing Rong     Abdulrahman Iliasu     Rafiu Olasile     Benin Republic     Gafaru Olayiwola Olorisade     Yusuf Amuda Aluko     Akom Construction And Engineering Synergy Ltd     National Party Of Nigeria     Societe Generale Bank Of Nigeria     Ahmad Ali     Sheriff Shagaya     Abdulrahman Abdulrasak     Elekoyangan     Musa Aibinu     Towobola Abdulrahman Toyin     3MTT     Salman Suleiman     Hamid Bobboyi     Alloy Chukwuemeka     Kisira     Abdulrazaq Adebayo     Oba Abdulraheem     Maryam Ado Bayero     Abubakar Olusola Saraki     Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq     Sheriff Olanrewaju     Susan Modupe Oluwole     Wasiu Onidugbe     Islamiya Abdulraheem     08001000100     IHS Towers     Sidikat Akaje     Abdulkadir Jimoh     Tsaragi     Abdullah Janet Amudat     Saheed Popoola     IYA YUSUF     Ayo Salami     NIPR     Abdulquowiyu Olododo     Taofik Abdulkareem     Bola Sagaya     Iyaloja-General     Abdulkadir Orire     Shuaibu Yaman Abdullahi     Diagnostic Centre     Raimi Iyanda     Quran     Folashade Omoniyi     Olabode Towoju     Dan Iya Of Ilorin     Otoge     Amoyo     Muhammad Yahya     Olokoba     Jide Oyinloye     Asa LGEA School     Face Masks    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

KWSUED     Afetu Of Alabe     Sherif Sagaya     Moremi High School     Chemiroy Nigeria Limited     Yahaya Oloriegbe     Oyedepo     Deji Ajani     Oke-opin     Umar Adelodun     Manzuma     Hassan Saliu     Moji Makanjuola     Ishak Mohammed Sabi     Abdulbaqi Jimoh     Ita-Ore     Ridwan Agboola     Dunmade     Shuaib Boni Aliyu     Peter Obi     Yakubu Danladi     SARS     Sango-UITH Road     Saka Adeyemo     National Pilot     Ayodele Olaosebikan     Alore     Association Of Kwara State Online Media Practitioners     Ajasse-Ipo     Oke-Ogun     Ajayi Okasanmi     Sola Saraki Educational Foundation     Irepodun     CACOVID     Sabo-Oke     Gabriel Fashanu     Kolawole Bashirat     Yusuf Abdulwahab     Simeon Sayomi     AbdulQowiy Olododo     Oko-Olowo     Bayer Nigeria Limited     Coronavirus     Ahmad Ali     AbdulHakeem Ajibola Akanbi     Samuel Olusegun Adedayo     Agbarere     Mohammed Halidu     Academic Staff Union Of Universities     Omoniyi Ayinla     Guber Aspirant     Unilorin     Afolabi-Oshatimehin Adenike Harriet     Ijakadi     Sa\'adu Salahu     Dan Iya     Lucky Omoluwa     Sheikh Ridhwanullah     Yakubu Mohammed Abdullahi     SAPZ Project     Razak Atunwa     Maryam Ado Bayero     Centre For Digital Economy     Lafiagi     Aliyu Salihu     Suleiman Alege Kuranga     Emir Of Ilorin     Musa Yeketi     Akeem Olatunji     Titus Ashaolu     Rotimi Oyedepo     Bello John Olanrewaju     Nigerian Medical Association     Ekweremadu     Muhammad Ghali Alaaya     Akom Construction And Engineering Synergy Ltd     Basic Education Certificate Examination