{"id":10942,"date":"2017-02-18T01:42:31","date_gmt":"2017-02-18T00:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=10942"},"modified":"2017-04-21T13:10:36","modified_gmt":"2017-04-21T12:10:36","slug":"george-comodore-olabode-ibiyinka","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/george-comodore-olabode-ibiyinka\/","title":{"rendered":"GEORGE, Comodore Olabode Ibiyinka"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B.Sc MBA, retired naval officer, politician, born November 21, 1945. Lagos; married Feyisetan Efunbawole. has two children, Education: St John&#8217;s Primary School, Aroloya, Lagos, 1952-59, Ijebu-Ode Gram mar School, 1960-64, Brentwood School, Essex, UK, 1964-65; University of Lagos, 1967-70 and 1986; Royal Naval Engineer ing College, Manadon, Plymouth, 1972; United States Naval WarCollege, Newsport; Career: Appointed Pupil Engineer, Niger DamsAuthority, Kanji, joined the Nigerian&#8217; Navyon August 1, 1972, as a Sub-Lieuten ant; promoted Lieutenant in 1974; Weapons Engineering Officer, Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS), 1974-75, and NNS Otobo, 1975-77; promoted Lieutenant Commander, NN, 1977 and became Commander, 1983; Staff Officer, Electrical Engineering, NavalHeadquarters, 1978-80; Weapons Engineering Officer, NNS Arudu, 1982-84; Fleet Weapons Engi neering Officer, Western Naval Command, NN, 1984-85; Captain, Naval Dockyard Ap prentice School, 1985-86; Director of Weap ons, NN Headquarters, Lagos, 1987, pro moted Captain, NN, 1988; appointed Mili taryGovernor, Ondo State, 1987-90; Princi pal Staffofficerto the Chiefof GeneralStaff; Passed Staff College; Political Party: mem ber, and Chairman, South WestZone, Peoples Democratic Party. Hobbies: squash, classi cal music, reading; Official Address: Plot 125, M-Tel Street, Off Monrovia Street, Op posite Banex Plaza, Wuse II, Abuja.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[253],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-10942","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-military"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/10942","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\/4"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/10942\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10942"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=10942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}