Timothy Onwuatuegwu (died January 9, 1970) was a major in the Biafran Army and once a colonel in the Nigerian Army.
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General Domkat Bali is a retired four star General of the Nigerian Army, he was minister for defense and member of the Supreme Military Council of 1984-1985 and the Armed Forces Ruling Council of 1985-1990.
Major General Suraj Alao Abdurrahman DSS psc (+) fwc PhD (Edin) FNIA MNIM is an Engineer officer of the Nigerian Army, currently serving as Command Officer in Charge of the Armed Forces of Liberia.
On 6 July 1967 the Nigerian army invaded Biafra resulting in the Battle of Nsukka and ultimately the commencement of the Biafran War.
Notable sons of Bayelsa State include veteran novelist and poet Gabriel Okara; pioneering Nigerian journalist and pre-independent freedom fighter Ernest Ikoli; Nigerian Civil War hero Major Isaac Adaka Boro (Nigerian Army) and Canadian Olympic gold medalist and world wrestling champion Daniel Igali; and former National Team footballers Finidi George and Samson Siasia, Olympic / under-20s coach.
Benjamin Adekunle (born 1936), Nigerian Army officer nicknamed Black scorpion
In 1989, while at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas he wrote an unpublished thesis titled "Military Involvement in Politics in Nigeria: The Effect on Nigerian Army".
He was educated at the Mkar Primary School, Nigerian Military School, Zaria; Nigerian Army School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, Lagos; Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna and the Canadian Land Force Command and Staff College, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Sambo Dasuki, a retired Colonel of the Nigerian Army, is the current National Security Adviser(NSA) to President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria.
Following commission he returned to Nigeria and was posted to 1st Battalion, Nigerian Army Enugu as a Platoon Commander.