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Tuesday, February 23, 2016

PHOTOS: ADCs of Nigerian Heads of State since 1956.



An aide-de-camp is a personal assistant or secretary to a person of high rank, usually a senior military or government officer, a member of a royal family, or a head of state.Various countries have their own individual traditions regarding the duties of the ADC or equerry to their Commander In Chief. In France, Russia and the United States, the president's ADC carries the country's nuclear briefcase. In the United Kingdom, an ADC is usually a high ranking officer or member of the Royal Family (eg, Prince Philip and Prince Charles are ADCs to the Queen) and what we would call an ADC is called an equerry. Aides-de-camp are usually of the rank of major, lieutenant colonel or colonel. Nigeria inherited the practice of assigning military aides-de-camp to the head of state and commander in chief from the British. British governor-generals of Nigeria (before independence) had military ADCs.  
Elizabeth II, Queen, Head of State and Commander In Chief of The Armed Forces Of The Federation Of Nigeria.
Equerry = Johnson Thomas Umanakwe Aguiyi Ironsi (Royal Nigerian Army). JTU Aguiyi-Ironsi behind Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip.Aguiyi Ironsi was the equerry to Queen Elizabeth II when she visited Nigeria in 1956. He attained the rank of Major General and was the Head of State and Supreme Commander of The Armed Forces Of The Federation Of Nigeria when he was killed in 1966.
Sir James Robertson, Governor General, Head of State and Commander In Chief of The Armed Forces Of The Federation Of Nigeria (representative of the Queen).
ADC = Robert Adeyinka Adebayo (Royal Nigerian Army).Major General Adeyinka AdebayoRobert Adeyinka Adebayo became the first Nigerian aide-de-camp to the Governor General of Nigeria in 1957. He rose to the rank of Major General and served as Governor of the Western Region and the Western State.
The Right Honourable Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, Governor General, Head of State And Commander In Chief Of The Armed Forces Of The Federation Of Nigeria (1960-1963) and President, Head Of State And Commander In Chief Of The Armed Forces Of The Federal Republic Of Nigeria (1963-1966).
President Azikiwe had 3 ADCs (serving concurrently), one each from the army, navy and air force.ADC = Orho Esio Obada (Nigerian Army).Major General Orho Esio ObadaOrho Obada attained the rank of Major General before retiring from the army.
ADC = Michael Adelanwa (Nigerian Navy)Michael Adelanwa rose to become a Vice Admiral and Chief of The Naval Staff.
Vice Admiral Michael Ayinde Adelanwa (Chief Of Naval Staff).
Major General Johnson Thomas Umanakwe Aguiyi-Ironsi, Head Of State And Supreme Commander Of The Armed Forces Of The Federal Republic Of Nigeria.
General Aguiyi Ironsi had 3 ADCs (serving concurrently), one each from the army, navy and air force.ADC = Lieutenant Sani Bello (Nigerian Army).Sani Bello became a Colonel and Governor of Kano State.Colonel Sani Bello
ADC = Lieutenant Andrew Nwankwo (Nigerian Air Force).Andrew Nwankwo retired with the rank of Captain and later became a senator.Senator Andrew Nwankwo.
General Yakubu Gowon, Head Of State And Commander In Chief Of The Armed Forces Of The Federal Republic Of Nigeria.
ADC = Colonel William Walbe (Nigerian Army).Colonel Walbe served as the Defence Attache at the Nigerian Embassy in Washington after General Gowon was overthrown.
General Murtala Ramat Muhammed, Head Of State And Commander In Chief Of The Armed Forces Of The Federal Republic Of Nigeria.
ADC = Lieutenant Akintunde Akinsehinwa (Nigerian Army).Lieutenant Akinsehinwa was General Muhammed's ADC when he was Inspector Of Signals and Minister of Communications. Muhammed decided to retain Akinsenhinwa as his ADC when he became Head Of State. Lieutenant Akinsehinwa died as a result of injuries that he sustained during the February 13, 1976 coup.
Lieutenant General Olusegun Obasanjo, Head Of State And Commander In Chief Of The Armed Forces Of The Federal Republic Of Nigeria.
ADC = Edet Archibong (Nigerian Army)

Edet Archibong rose to the rank of Major General and was the GOC, 2nd Mechanised Division, Ibadan when Olusegun Obasanjo became the President of Nigeria in 1999.ADC = Major Omowon (Nigerian Army).
Alhaji Shehu Shagari, President, Head Of State And Commander In Chief Of The Federal Republic Of Nigeria.
ADC = Lieutenant Colonel Isa Garkida Usman (Nigerian Army).ADC = Major Ali Geidam (Nigerian Army).
Major General Muhammadu Buhari, Head Of State And Commander In Chief Of The Armed Forces Of The Federal Republic Of Nigeria.
ADC = Colonel Mustapha Haruna Jokolo (Nigerian Army).Colonel Jokolo later became the Emir of Gwandu.

Adeyinka Adebayo happens to be the oldest surviving retired general.
General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, President, Head Of State And Commander In Chief Of The Armed Forces Of The Federal Republic Of Nigeria.
ADC = Colonel Sambo Dasuki (Nigerian Army).Colonel Dasuki was President Babangida's ADC from 1985 until his clash with General Abacha c1988. He later became the National Security Adviser.

ADC = Colonel Usman Kakanda Bello (Nigerian Army).Colonel U.K. Bello was killed during the April 22nd, 1990 coup.
ADC = Colonel Nuhu BamalliColonel Nuhu Bamalli was the Principal Staff Officer to the President and became the President's ADC when Colonel Bello was killed. He was the commander of the Nigerian contingent of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) in 2003. Major General Bamalli died in a plane crash that killed many senior military officers who were on their way to Obudu for the Chief Of Army Staff's conference in 2006. He was the GOC of the 2nd Division at the time.Major General Nuhu Bamalli
Re: ADCs Of Nigerian Heads Of State From 1956 - 2016. by naptu27:05pm On Feb 23
General Sani Abacha, Head Of State And Commander In Chief Of The Armed Forces Of The Federal Republic Of Nigeria
ADC = Lieutenant Colonel Abdallah (Nigerian Army).
General Abdulsalami Abubakar, Head Of State And Commander In Chief Of The Armed Forces Of The Federal Republic Of Nigeria.
ADC = Colonel Abide Aprezi (Nigerian Army).
Olusegun Obasanjo, President, Head Of State and Commander In Chief Of The Federal Republic Of Nigeria
ADC = Colonel Solomon Giwa-Amu (Nigerian Army).
Solomon Giwa-Amu from Edo State was President Obasanjo's ADC from 1999-2003. He studied law at the University of Benin and the Nigerian Law School. He also had a masters degree in strategic operations from the US Army War College.Colonel Giwa-Amu had previously served as ADC to General Ike Nwachukwu, Military Assistant to the Chief of Logistics of the Nigerian Army and Military Assistant to the Chief of Operations of the Nigerian Army.He was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General after serving as ADC to President Obasanjo and he also served as Defence Attache to the Nigerian Mission to the United Nations, Commander of the 81 Division Military Police and Director of Defence Information. He was also very active in many charitable organisations.Brigadier General Giwa-Amu died in a car crash in February 2008.

ADC = Colonel Chris Jemitola (Nigerian Army).Colonel Chris Jemitola served as ADC to President Obasanjo from 2003-2007.After serving as ADC to the President, he served as Director of Defence Information and later as Defence Attache in the Nigerian Embassy in Brazil. He was promoted to the rank of Major General in 2014.

Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, President And Commander In Chief Of The Armed Forces Of The Federal Republic Of Nigeria.
ADC = Colonel Mustapha Dennis Onoyivetta (Nigerian Army).Colonel Mustapha Onoyiveta from Delta State served as ADC to President Yar'Adua from 2007-2010. He played a controversial role while protecting the President during his illness, especially when the President suddenly returned to Nigeria from Saudi Arabia. He was subsequently promoted to the rank of Brigadier General and posted to the Army Headquarters as head of the Army Operations Monitoring Team. He later served as Chief of Staff to the Chief of Army Staff (Generals Ihejirika and Minimah).



Dr Goodluck Jonathan, President, Head Of State And Commander In Chief Of The Armed Forces Of The Federal Republic Of Nigeria
ADC = Colonel Ojogbane Adegbe (Nigerian Army).Colonel Adegbe served as the ADC to President Goodluck Jonathan from 2010 to 2015. Colonel Ojogbane Adegbe graduated from the Nigerian Defence Academy with a BSc in Mathematics. He also has a masters degree in Intelligence and International Security from Kings College, London. He has served in the 26th Motorized Battalion, Ecomog in Sierra Leone, the Office of the Defence Adviser at the Nigerian High Commission in London, the Intelligence Production Centre of the Headquarters of the Nigerian Army Intelligence Corps and the 81 Division Intelligence Command, Lagos.

Muhammadu Buhari, President, Head Of State and Commander In Chief Of The Armed Forces Of The Federal Republic Of Nigeria.
ADC = Lieutenant Colonel Muhammed Lawal (Nigerian Army).
























Lieutenant Colonel Lawal has been President Buhari's ADC since 2015.

 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aide-de-camp

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