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.

Sarakite     Gurei     Seed Technologies     Yusuf Aiyedun     Shururat Olatinwo     Mahmud Babatunde Baker     Segun Ogunsola     Kwara State Printing And Publishing Corporation     Hussein Olokooba     Amoyo     Law School Scholarship     George Funsho Adebayo     Muhammed Aliyu     Ilorin Innovation Hub     Micheal Imodu-Ganmo Road     JMK Construction Company Limited     TVC Female National Debate     Amada Jidda     Pakata     Abiodun Musa Aibinu     Ayedun     Kaiama     Mohammed Tunde-Jimoh     CCEPE     N-Power     Olusola Saraki     Sulyman Buhari     Salihu Ajibola Ajia     Salman Jawondo     Isaac Gbenle     Amos Bajeh     Saad Omo\'ya     Abdulrazaq Solihudeen     Odogun Olushola Gabriel     Surajudeen Akanbi     AbdulRazaq Abubakar Jiddah     Issa Manzuma     Ilorin Like-Minds     Sai Kayi     Baboko     Sarah Alade     Omoniyi Ayinla     Sarkin Malamai     Veterinary Teaching Hospital     PAACO-PCL Consortium     ANCOPPS     Suraj Tunji Oyewale     Maryam Ado Bayero     Jide Oyinloye     Adebayo Salami     New Nigeria People’s Party     Chemiroy Nigeria Limited     Ballah     Osi     Gbemisola Oguntimehin     ASUU     Suleman Abubakar     Afeyin-Olukuta     Saheed Popoola     Presidential Election     Cassava Growers\' Association     KW-GIS     Apaokagi     Ladi Hassan     Ayo Opadokun     Yakub Lai Gobir     Oloriegbe     Esinniobiwa Quareeb     Roseline Oni Aremu     Temi Kolawole     Moro     Saidu Isa     Students Union Government     John Obuh     Sheikh Alimi     Bluenile Associates     Isiaka Abdulrazak    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Elerinjare-Ibobo     Afonja Descendants Union     Mutawali Of Ilorin     Alimi Abdulrazaq     AbdulHakeem Ajibola Akanbi     Okanlawon Taiwo     Joseph Alex Offorjama     KWASEIC     Bamidele Aluko     Abdulraheem Olesin     Kolawole Bashirat     KWASSIP     Wahab Issa     IEDPU     3MTT     Moronfoye     Sebastine Obasi     Afonja     Durbar Festival     Ilesha-Baruba     Bolaji Gambari     Kwara Central     Haleeman Salman     Ojo Fadumila     Yunus Lawal     Ibrahim Oloriegbe     Senior Special Assistant On Student Affairs     Aliyu Salihu     Abdulwahab Olarewaju Issa     Oke-Ero     Labaeka     Tunji Folami     Ramat Oganija     George Innih     Ita-Nmo Market     Budo-Egba     Fulani     Afusat Nike Ibrahim     Fareedah Dankaka     Prince Bola Ajibola     Tunji Ajanaku     Eruku     Babatunde Idiagbon     NYSC     Turaki Of Ilorin     Olabode Towoju     Waziri Yakubu Gobir     Wahab Kunle Shittu     Yusuf Ali     Ilorin Metro Park     Harmony Holdings     Local Government     Lanre Badmus     Salihu Alhaji Musa     Fatimat Saliu     College Of Health     Shola Odetundun     Abdulmutalib Shittu     Kabir Shagaya     Isiaka Yusuf     KWSIEC     Femi Gbajabiamila     Saka Adeyemo     Nigeria Governors\' Forum     UNIFEMGA     Hassan A. Saliu     Kwara 2023     Ghali Alaaya     Bello Abubakar     Senate     Yusuf Mubarak     SSA Youth     Abdul-Rahoof Bello     Wahab Isa     Muritala Olarewaju     Fatima Abolore Jimoh     National Broadcasting Commission