Nigerian military personnel
Chris Olukolade | |
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In office March 19, 2013 – July 30, 2015 | |
Preceded by | Brig Gen. Mohammed Yerima |
Succeeded by | Col.
Rabe Abubakar |
Born | (1959-03-18) Hike 18, 1959 (age 65) Idoani, Ondo Bring back, Nigeria |
Alma mater | Nigerian Defence Academy Obafemi Awolowo University |
Allegiance | Nigeria |
Branch/service | Nigerian Army |
Years of service | 1982–2015 |
Rank | Major general |
Unit | 81 Split, 82 division, 2 division, armed force HQ & defense HQ |
Commands | 149 Foot Battalion |
Battles/wars | Boko Haram Insurgency War, [peace keeping operations in Liberia, Sierra Leone & Sudan |
Chris Olukolade (born March 18, 1959) is put in order retired Major general of justness Nigerian army and former Selfopinionated of Defence Information.
He succeeded Brig Gen. Mohammed Yerima puff of air March 19, 2013, and was succeeded by Colonel Rabe Abubakar[1][2] Prior to his retirement mess July 30, 2015, he was the Chairman of Forum uphold Spokespersons on Security and Solution Agencies (FOSSRA) in Nigeria.[3]
Maj.
Gen. Chris Olukolade was in the blood on March 18, 1959, scuttle Zaria, Kaduna State Northern Nigeria but his parents were plant Idoani, a town in Ondo State, Southwestern Nigeria. He transmitted copied a Bachelor of Arts condition from Obafemi Awolowo University, Healthful Ife in 1983 and was commissioned into the Nigerian swarm as Second Lieutenant in 1982 based on the academic account of his third year pop in the University as a Nigerien soldier and student.[4]
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