{"id":6179,"date":"2016-11-09T15:14:31","date_gmt":"2016-11-09T14:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=6179"},"modified":"2017-11-27T12:00:47","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T11:00:47","slug":"aloko-rear-admiral-stephen-okoko","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/aloko-rear-admiral-stephen-okoko\/","title":{"rendered":"ALOKO, Rear-Adm Stephen Okoko"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B.Sc (Hons), naval officer, born January I, 1942, Orho-Agbarho, Bendel State; married Veronica Uloho 1966, three sons, three daughters; Education: Local Authority Primary School, Orho-Agbarho, 1949-55, United College of Commerce, Warri, 1956-60, Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna, 1964-66, Midshipman and Sub-Lieutenant Training with Indian Navy Fleet, 1966-68, Indian Naval Technical Colleges, 1969-70, University of Lagos, 1974-79, Command and Staff College, Jaji, 1977-78; joined the Nigerian Navy, 1964; served as Executive of various patrol crew, 1968-70; promoted Lieutenant, 1970; Com manding Officer, NNS 11, Ibadan and NNS Benin, 1970-71; Flag Lieutenant (ADC) to Vice Admiral Wey (retired) (former Chief of NavalStaff), 1971-72; Command Gunnery Of ficer, NNS Otobo and Commander, NNS Benin and NNS 11, Ibadan, 1973-75; pro moted Lieutenant Commander and appointed Command Gunnery Officer, Western Naval Command, 1974-75; Executive Officer and ac tingCommanding Officer,NNSBeecroft (now NNS Olokun), 1975-76; Commanding Officer, NNS Otobo, 1976-77; promoted Navy Com mander, 1977; Director, Weapon Policy and Tactic (Naval Headquarters) 1977-78; acting Director, Faculty of Joint Studies, Command and Staff College, Jaji, 1979-81; promoted Navy Captain, 1981; Commanding Officer, NNS Olokun, 1981-82; Commanding Officer, NNS Obuma, 1982-83; Commanding Officer, NNS Aradu (Flagship), 1983-84; Director Navy Plans (Naval Headquarters), and Am phibious Task Force Commander of Opera tion Sea Dog, 1984-85; promoted Navy Com modore, 1985; Flag Officer Commanding, Eastern Naval Command, 1985-February 1989; member, Armed Forces Ruling Council (AFRC), August 1985-February 1989; Chiefof Naval Personnel, Defence Headquarters, Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos, since February 1989; Passed Staff College (PSC), 1978; Ex ecutive Councillor, American Institute of Management; Traditional Title: Olorogun of Agharho; National Decoration: Forces Service Star (FSS), 1978; Hobbies: swimming, fishing, &#8216;sailing, Angling; Official Address: Department of Naval Personnel, Defence Headquarters, Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[253],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-6179","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-military"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/6179","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\/6179\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6179"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=6179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}