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DIYA, Lt-Gen, Donalson Oladipo

(rtd.); dss, psc, mni, LL.B; lawyer, former chief of general staff and vice chairman of the Provisional Ruling Council; b: April 3, 1944; ht: Odogbolu, so: Ogun; married, has children; ed: Yaba Methodist School, Lagos 1949-56; Odogbolu Grammar School, 1957-62; Nigerian Defence Academy, 1964-67; Command and Staff College, Jaji, 1976-79; snr. Executive Course, National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru, 1983; Nigerian Army School of Infantry, Jaji, 1988; University of Nigeria, Nsukka; Ahmadu Bello University Zaria; Nigerian Law School, cr: Platoon Commander/Adjutant, 6 Battalion, Ikeja, 1967; Commanding Officer, 102 Infantry Brigade, 1969-69; Brigade Major, 26 Infantry Brigade, 1970-71, Deputy Adjutant General II, Administration, Army Headquarters, 1971-74; dir. Personnel Services, Nigerian Army Headquarters, 1974-77; Commander, 29 Infantry Battalion, 1977-78; General Staff Officer I, Co-ordination, Nigerian Army School of Infantry, 1978-79; Commander/Overall Chief Military Personnel Officer, Nigerian Contingent/United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, 1979-80; Colonel General Staff, 3 Infantry Division, Nigerian Army, 1980-81; Commander, former 31 Airborne Brigade, Makupdi; dir. Defence…

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Intelligence, Nigerian Army, 1983- 84; Military Governor, Ogun State, 1983-85; General Officer Commanding, 82 Division, Nigerian Army, 1985; mm: Armed Forces Ruling Council, 1985; Commandant, Nigeria's National War College, 1992; Chief of Defence Staff, 1993; Chief of General Staff/v-ch: Provisional Ruling Council, 1993-1997; convicted for phanton coup plot and sentenced to 25 years imprisonment, 1998; granted amnesty by the government of Abdulsalami Abubakar, March 1999. h: Pass Staff College, hob: football, athletics, squash and reading, res: Odogbolu, Ogun State.

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