{"id":15076,"date":"2017-03-13T09:11:18","date_gmt":"2017-03-13T08:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=15076"},"modified":"2019-12-04T10:14:38","modified_gmt":"2019-12-04T09:14:38","slug":"johnson-brig-gen-mobolaji-olufunso-rtd","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/johnson-brig-gen-mobolaji-olufunso-rtd\/","title":{"rendered":"JOHNSON, Brig-Gen Mobolaji Olufunso (rtd.) (Late)"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> retired soldier, businessman, born February 9, 1936, Lagos State; married Olufunmilayo, has children; Education: Reagan Memorial Baptist School, Yaba, Methodist School, 1941-51, Hussey College, Warri, 1952-53, Methodist Boys&#8217; High School, 1954-57, Of ficer Cadet Training School, Ghana 1959, Mons Officer&#8217;s Cadet School, Aldershot, UK, Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, UK, 1960-61; Career: Posted to Zaria Military Depot, 1958-59; promoted 2nd Lieutenant, Nigerian Army, 1961,Lieutenant, 1962,Cap tain, October 1962; appointed Deputy Com mander, later Commander, Federal Guards, 1964; Deputy Adjutant and Quartermaster- General, Headquarters, 2nd Brigade, Apapa, Lagos, 1964; promoted Major, February 1966; 2nd in Command, 4th Battalion, Ibadan, later became Station Commander, Benin, Midwest (old Bendel State), 1966; be came Military Administrator, Lagos, 1966- 67; Military Governor, Lagos State, 1967-75; promoted Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel, and later Brigadier; retired from the Nigerian Army, 1975; engaged in private business;ap pointed Director, Julius Berger Nigeria Lim ited, 1988; Traditional Titles: Majeobajeof Lagos, 1968, Maiyegun of Ikorodu, 1970; Honorary Degree: Doctorate of Science by the Lagos State University, 1991; Hobbies: squash, polo, tennis, athletics, photography, card games, music; Address: 12 Marina, Lagos State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[253],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-15076","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-military"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/15076","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\/15076\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15076"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=15076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}