Alabi isama biography definition
Alabi isama biography definition
Alabi isama biography definition and description!
Godwin Alabi-Isama
Nigerian military officer (born 1940)
Godwin Alabi-Isama (born 24 December 1940) is a Nigerian retired military officer,[1] author[2] and statesman who served as chief of staff to Brigadier Benjamin Adekunle of the 3 Marine Commando during the Nigerian Civil War.[3][4]
Early life and education
Alabi-Isama was born on 24 December 1940, in Ilorin, Kwara State, to a Ukwani (Delta State) father and a Yoruba (Ilorin) mother.
He attended Ibadan Boys High School.[5] In 1960, he joined the Army and attended the Mons Officer Cadet School in the United Kingdom and the Senior Tactics School and Staff College in Quella, Pakistan.[6] Alabi-Isama was a tactics instructor at the Nigerian Military School in Zaria, Nigeria and the Nigerian Military Training College (now Nigerian Defence Academy) in Kaduna prior to the civil war.[7]
Brigadier-General Alabi-Isama served as the commander of the troops