{"id":8158,"date":"2017-01-17T14:51:02","date_gmt":"2017-01-17T13:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=8158"},"modified":"2017-04-19T14:21:07","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T13:21:07","slug":"ejoor-major-general-dr-david-akpode-rtd","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/ejoor-major-general-dr-david-akpode-rtd\/","title":{"rendered":"EJOOR, Major-General David Akpode"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>businessman, retired soldier, born January 10, 1932, Ovu, Ughelli, Delta State; married Bridget Akpofure and Mabel Uwanogho, two sons, seven daughters; Education: Ovu CMS School, 1939, Baptist School, Ovu, 1940, Native Administration School, Isiokolo, 1941-45, Native Administration School, Orerokpe, 1946-47, Government College, Ughelli, 1948-52, Officer Cadet Training Centre, Teshie, Ghana, 1953-54; Officer Cadet Training Unit Eaton Hall, Chester, United Kingdom, 1954; Royal Military Academy Sandhurts, UK, 1955-56; Instruc tional and Communication, Hythe, UK, 1958; State College, Camberley, UK 1963; Royal College ofDefence Studies, UK, 1971; Career: Joined the Royal West African Fron tier Force as an Officer Cadet, 1953; Com missioned in the Nigerian Army as 2nd Lieu tenant, 1956; Platoon Commander, Signal Platoon Command, 1956-59; Commander, Cameroon Operations, 1960; Commanded the Army Guard at Midnight Flag Raising Ceremony for Nigeria&#8217;s Independence 1960; Promoted Major and Company Commander, United Nations Operations in the Congo, 1960-63; Lieutenant Colonel, Nigerian Army 1964-66, General Staff Officer Grade I, Army Headquarters; Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion, Enugu, 1965-66; 1st Military Governor, Mid-West State (now defunct Bendel State), 1966-67; Promoted Brigadier, 1966; 1st Director ofTraining and Planning, Supreme Headquarters, 1967-68; First Ni gerian Commandant, Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna, 1969-70; Promoted Ma jor-General, Nigerian Army, 1971-75; ap pointed ChiefofStaff, Nigerian Army, 1972- 75; retired voluntarily from the Army 1975; Chairman, Board of Directors, West African Provincial Insurance Company; 1982-83; Chairman, Nigeria-Belgian Chamber of Commerce, since 1982; Leader ofthe Fed eral Government Delegation to America, France, India to clarify its stand on the Civil War; member, First Deputy President, Urhobo Progressive Union; Awards: Re cipient, Congo Medal; recipient, Indepen dence Medal; recipient, Republic Medal; re cipient, Defence Service Medal; recipient, General Service Medal; recipient, National Service Medal; Traditional Titles: The Olorogun of Olomu, Okakuro Egbe I of Agbon; Orhuerakpo Rovie of Ughelli; Ohovwore ofOvu Inland; Onojuku of Ebor- OrogunCommunity; The Okakuroof Agbon, The Okakuro ofOvu, The Onotoku ofEbor; Onotuku of Ebor; Orhuerakpo of Ughelli; National Honours: Officer ofthe Order of the Federal Republic, 1982; Grand Com mander ofthe Order ofthe Niger, 1984;For eignHonours: Grand Commander oftheRe public of Togo;Order ofthe TwoNiles, 1st Class, Sudan; Grand Officer O.N, Du Lion, Senegal; Knight Order of the Crown, Bel gium; Publication: Reminiscences, Malthouse, Lagos, 1989; Hobbies: swim ming, judo, golf; Official Address: 12,Adeleke Adedoyin Street, Victoria Island, Lagos State. Telephone: 01-261-3135; Or: 14, Deco Road, PO Box 2472, Warri, Delta State. Telephone: 053-253650.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[253],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-8158","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-military"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/8158","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\/8158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8161,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/8158\/revisions\/8161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8158"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=8158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}