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Brig. Gen
ZAKARIYA
Maimalari
FSS, CSM UNCM FIRSTNORTHERNSENIOROFFICER Zakariya Maimalariwas bom on TJanuary, 1930 in the MaimalariVillage of the old Bomo province, now inYobeState. He hadinstructions in Qur'anicrecitation at his father Mallam Abubakar Hassan'splace. He attended Ekmentary School in 1934, then proceeded to Bomo Middk School in Maiduguri where he compkted his primary education m1941 andattendedthe Kaduna Colkge (now the Famous Barewa Colkge)from where he graduated with the Cambridge School Certificate in 1949. He enlisted into the Nigerian Regiment of the Royal West African Frontier Force (RWAFF) at the Zaria Training Depot on Wthjuly, 1950. He underwent an eightweek Officer Cadetinduction andorientation trainino at Zanafrom where he proceeded to the West African School of Infantry, Teshi, in Ghana for further training in preparation for enrolment in the Officers' Cadet Training School at Eaton Hall, Chester, He was enrolkd in 1951 preparatory to his subsequent entry into the Royal Military Academy (RMAS) Sandhurst in the UK in September of tbe sameyear for aregular combatant course to January 1953 and was grantedQueen's Regular Combatant Commission on X February1953as Second Lieutenant. Upon his return to Nigeria, Zakariya Maimalani was seconded to the Royal West African FrontierForce (RWAFF) to serve as Platoon Commander and was promoted to substantive Lieutenant in February 1955. He wa-: postedtotheNigerianAmySignaISquadronin1956,Bqys'Company,nowNigerianM mere he held thefirst Second in Command (2i/c) appointment in 1960. Then asubstantive Major, was appointeda Company Commander in one of the Royal Nigerian Army Battalions that served in the UnitedNations (UN) Coneo operations. * In pursuance of his military career, he attended very wide ranging military courses overseas, including the platoons weapons course at the School of Infantry, Hythe in tbe UK between January and March 1955, attended the Regimental Signal'Instructors Course No. 20 at the same Military Institutefrom September to November1956, He was backatthe UKwhere he attended the Infantry, Hythe, UKinJanuary 1956. He was recalkd to be in the Command and Staff Colkge between January to December 1961 atQvetta in Pakistan. On his return to Nigeria, he was immediately promoted to the substantive rank of LieutenantColonel and was on 23* April 1962posted to the T'Queen's Own Nigeria Regiment (2Q0NR) as Commanding Officer. In November 1962, he was calkd upon for active service again in the Congo operations Immediately upon arrival there, he was promoted to the rank of Colonel and within three months, he got promoted to the rank of BrigadierGeneral On his return from Congo in the sameyear, he was appointed Brigade Commander T'BrigadeNigerian Army Apapa, Lagos. In 1963, he reached the pinnack of his military career when he was nominated to attend the Policy, Defence and Strategic Studies course in the United Kingdom. In 1964 he proceeded to the Imperial Defence Colkge (IDC) now Royal Colkge of Defence Studies (RCDS) in London for acourse which lasted till December 1965. On his return from the IDC, the Brigadier-General continued to serve in his capacity as Commander, z Infantry Brigade, Nigerian Army, Apapa, Lagos. He continued to serve in this capacity until his sad and untimely demise on 1?January, 1966, in thefirstNigerian Military take over of Government, having been cowardly cut down in the prime of his military career by the Soldiers that struck. Notabk among those that received military instructions under Brigadier-General Zakariya Maimalari are Brigadier-General Musa Usman, Major General LB.M. Haruna (Rtd), Major-General Joseph Garba (Rtd) Brigadier-General Emmanuel Ikwue (Rtd), Brigadier General Godwin Ally, Brigadier-General Dantsoho Mohammed (Rtd), Brigadier-General John Shagaya (Rtd) Coknel Willian Walbe (Rtd), Lieutenant-General Alani Akinrinade (Rtd), Major-General Emmanuel Abisqye (Rtd), Lieutenant-GeneralT.Y. Danjuma (Rtd), Lieutenant General DomkatY.Bali (Rid), Lieutenant-General G.Jallo (Rtd) to mention just afew. 4 \ . And hereI should like to say something about the difficult and dangerous tasks which our Nigerian Soldiers and Police have been dealing with in the Congo, and to tell you why it is in your interests that we should maintain them there. Fromtimetotimethere has been considerable pressurefor their withdrawal, but to have brought the?n back to Nigeria would have been to play straight into the hands #" those powers which are seeking to profit out 0 the chaosin theCongo. Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa March, 1961
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