Born
November 14, 1928
EKPO,
Eyo
Okon
LL.B, retired soldier, lawyer, born November 14, 1928, Calabar, Cross River State; married, has children;Education: St George's School, Aba, Duke town School, Calabar, Hope Waddell Training Institution, Calabar, Eko Secondary School, Lagos, 1948, Officer Ca dets Training, Royal West African Frontier Force Training School, Teshie, Ghana, March- August, 1957 and Eaton Hill, UK, 1958, Joint ServicesStaffCollege,UK, 1967, Royal College ofDefence Studies, UK, 1973, University of Lagos; Career: Enlisted in the West African Frontier Force, 1948; commis sioned 2nd Lieutenant, Royal West African Frontier Force, 1958; appointed Platoon Commander, 3rd Battalion, 1960-61; served in the UnitedNations Peace-Keeping Force, Congo, 1961; on return to Nigeria became 2nd in Command, 2nd and 5th Infantry Bat talions; appointed DeputyAssistantAdjutant and Quarter-master-General, Nigerian Army Headquarters, 1961;promotedCommanding Officer, 5th Battalion, 1966;appointed Mili tary Secretary, and later Chief of Staff, Su premeheadquarters, Lagos, 1967;promoted Major-General, Nigerian Army, 1971; ap pointed Federal Commissioner for Agricul ture, 1975; retired from the Nigerian Army as Major-General, 1975; appointed Magis trate and later Senior Magistrate, Cross River State Judiciary, Odukpani; National Honour: awarded Officer ofthe Order ofthe Federal Republic (OFR), 1982; Address: Treshi Lodge, Diamond Hill, Calabar, Cross River State; Telephone: 087-221072.
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