Oladipo diya biography of williams
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By Oladapo Udom
Mr Olawale Adekoya, Special Adviser on Media and Strategy to deceased Lt.-Gen. Oladipo Diya, on Sunday described him as a pioneering leader in many endeavours.
Born at Odogbolu, Ogun, on April 3, , Diya died on March 26 at a Lagos Hospital at the age of
He was one of the pioneer students of Odogbolu Grammar School in
Diya was also among the pioneer students of the Nigeria Defence Academy (NDA) that graduated as Regular Course One cadets on March 18,
One of his peers at the NDA is retired Gen. Aliyu Gusau, defence minister from to
Another one is Gen. Ishola Williams who walked out on the army and on Gen. Sani Abacha in on the premise that his and the army’s takeover of government were immoral.
The same Gen. Abacha appointed Diya as his Chief of General Staff when he took over government from the Interim National Government (ING).
The ING was put in place by military president, retired Gen. Ibrahim Babangida when he “stepped aside’’ following strident mea
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I mourn the passage of Lt. Gen. Donaldson Oladipo Diya……
Early this morning the rank of Nigeria’s Elder Statesmen and significant personalities got further depleted with the death of one time Military Administrator of Ogun State, ex- Chief of Defence Staff, and former Chief of General personal, our own Lt. Gen. Oladipo Diya, GCON. Born 3rd April, , he would have been 79 in a few days.
An accomplished Army General and qualified Legal Practitioner, the late Oladipo Diya in his life time served Nigeria meritoriously in many capacities beginning from his commissioning as Army 2nd Lieutenant in March, His sharp intellect and diligence earned him diverse promotion and appointment as Platoon Commander, 6th Battalion, Ikeja; Commanding Officer, Battalion; Deputy Adjutant-General; Director, Army Personnel Services; Commander, Nigerian Contingent in the UN Peace Keeping Operations and later Chief Military Personnel for the entire United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon. He was also GOC 82
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On Max Siollun&#;s Nigeria’s Soldiers of Fortune: The Abacha and Obasanjo Years | Ikhide R. Ikheloa
Only three of Nigeria’s living heads of state, current and former, have bothered to write a biography. Given its leaders’ refusal or reluctance to record their stewardship, or to promote the study of history in schools, Nigeria’s history has frequently consisted of urban legends, personal beliefs and rival conspiracy theories that vary depending on the ethnicity, geographic origin or religion of the narrator.
&#; Max Siollun, Nigeria’s Soldiers of Fortune: The Abacha and Obasanjo Years.
HERE IN amerika, it should be winter, but the season cannot make up its mind, it would like to be spring, I think. In this balmy space, inom am comforted by Max Siollun’s riveting book, Nigeria’s Soldiers of Fortune: The Abacha and Obasanjo Years. Crisp, disciplined sentences and an engaging pace plus specialist descriptions of colorful characters. This is how history should be written. If