{"id":15395,"date":"2017-03-14T11:45:51","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T10:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=15395"},"modified":"2017-05-26T09:16:07","modified_gmt":"2017-05-26T08:16:07","slug":"samci-john-mark","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/samci-john-mark\/","title":{"rendered":"SAMCI, John Mark"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> OFR; administrator; b: January 9, 1933;ht: Vom, so:Plateau; m: Elora Lami Lean, 1962; nc:one soned;ed: Panyam Primary School, 1940-44; Gindiri Primary School, 1945-49; Gindiri Teachers* College, 1950-51,1954-55; Ahmadu Bello Univereity, Zaria, 1959; Queen&#8217;s Col-lege, Oxford University, 1960. cr: School Teacher, 1952-53,1956-58; Asst. District Officer, 1959-60; District Officer, 1960-68; Pr&#8221; cipal Divisional Officer, 1968-69; ps.1969-80; comm. National Elected Commission, Plateau State, 1987; Private Business and Politics; mm:P.x Cross, Gideon&#8217;s International, Great Commission Movement ofNigeria. pp: Member, defunct National Par-ty ofNigeria. Peoples Democratic Party, 1998 nh: Of-ficer of theOrder ofthe Niger, 1982. hob: reading, writing, swimming, res: 14A, Old Bukuru Road, P.O. Box 387, Jos, Plateau State SAMI,HRH(Major-General) MohammedSani(rtd.); traditional ruler,soldier, administrator, b: October24,1943;ht: Zuru; so: Sokoto; m: Fatima Tobi, I968;nc: twos,oned; ed:Junior Primary School,Zuru, 1950-53; Senior Primary School, Kontagura, 1954-56; Government College, Bida, 1957-62; Nigerian Military Training College, 1962-63; Command and StaffCollege, 1977; International Defence Management Course, California, USA, 1978-79; National Institute forPolicy andStrategic Studies,Kuru,1983. cr:Joined Nigerian Armed Forces, I%2;commissioned Second Lieutenant I%3;Platoon Commander, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Kawo, Kaduna, 1%3-66; servedinTanzania 1964; detachment Commander-in-Charge of Security, Kainji Dam Construction, 1966; detachment Commander-in-Charge of Mining Operations, Bukuru, Jos, 1%7; Platoon Commander, Company Commander and later Battalion Commander, 1967-70; Brigade Major, 32 Infantry Brigade, Jos 1970-71; Commandant 1Infantry Division Training School, Kaduna, 1971; Commander, 2 Infantry Brigade, Nsukka, 1972; Commander, 2 Infantry Brigade, Abakaliki, 1973; Commanding Officer\/Commander, Brigade of Guards, Dodan Barracks, Lagos, 1974-76; Commander, 31 Infantry Brigade, Makurdi, 1976-77; Colonel General Staff, Headquarters, 1Infantry Division, Kaduna, 1977-79; Commander, 33 Infantry Brigade, Maiduguri, 1980-81; Commander, 13 Airpotable Brigade, Calabar, 1981, Commander, Nigeria\/ Cameroon Border Operations, 1981; ChiefofStaff,UN Interim Force inthe Ubanon, 1981 -82; dir. Infantry, Army Headquarters, Ugos, 1982-84; Military gov. Bauchi State, 1984-85; Officer, Nigerian Army School of Infantry, 198587; formerCommandtngOfficerof82nd Division; appointed General Officer Commanding Mechanised Division, November 1988; Emir of Zuru, Kebbi State, since 1995; mm: National Institute, !983.nh:Forces Service Star; Defence Service Medal; National Service Medal; Nigeria Crisis Medal; Federal Republic Medal, fh: UNIFIL Medal, hob: reading, writing, swimming, gardening, walking, res: Emir ofZuru Palace, Zuru Emirate Council, Kebbi State. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[749],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-15395","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-administrator"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/15395","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":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/15395\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15395"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=15395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}