{"id":10478,"date":"2017-02-14T09:35:58","date_gmt":"2017-02-14T08:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=10478"},"modified":"2017-12-12T19:58:37","modified_gmt":"2017-12-12T18:58:37","slug":"diya-lieutenant-general-donalson-oladipo","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/diya-lieutenant-general-donalson-oladipo\/","title":{"rendered":"DIYA, Lt-Gen, Donalson Oladipo"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(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 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&#8217;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. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[165,253],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-10478","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-legal","category-military"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/10478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/10478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23065,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/10478\/revisions\/23065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10478"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=10478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}