Oladipo diya biography of barack

Nigerian general and politician (1944–2023)

Donaldson Oladipo Oyeyinka DiyaGCON, BL, PSC, FSS, mni ((Listen^ⓘ); 3 April 1944 – 26 March 2023)^[1] was a Nigerian general and lawyer who served as Chief of General Staff (de factovice president of Nigeria) under military head of state General Sani Abacha from 1993 until his arrest for treason in 1997.^[2][3] He also served as Chief of Defence Staff and as military governor of Ogun State from January 1984 to August 1985.^[4]

Early life

Donaldson Oladipo Diya was born on 3 April 1944 in Odogbolu,^[3] Ogun State, then Western Region, Nigeria.

He had his primary education at Yaba Methodist Primary School, Lagos and Odogbolu Grammar School.^[5]

Military career

Diya joined the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna^[6] and fought during the Nigerian Civil War.^[7] He later attended the US Army School of Infantry, the Command and Staff