Rear Admiral Suleiaman Saidu joined the Nigerian Navy in 1961 and had his basic training at the Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth in the United Kingdom. He took active part in the Nigerian Civil War (1967 - 1970) during the landings and subsequent operations. He attended the Armament Supply and Inspection course at Bombay, India in 1971. He qualified as a Long Gunnery Officer at HMS Excellent in Britain in 1972. Saidu was appointed military governor of Rivers State, Nigeria from July 1978 to October 1979 during the military regime of General Olusegun Obasanjo, handing over power to the elected civilian governor Melford Obiene Okilo at the start of the Nigerian Second Republic.[1]
Rear Admiral Suleiman Saidu served as the Captain of NNS Aradu. Prior to taking over the command of the Aradu, He was Staff Officer 1 Administration at the Nigerian Defence Academy Kaduna, from where he went to command the MK 9 corvette NNS ERIN-OMI before proceeding to the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington, India in 1982.
Rear Admiral Suleiman Saidu also served as the Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Naval Command (1992-1993) and Flag Officer Commanding Western Naval Command (1993).
Rear Admiral Suleiman Saidu was confirmed by General Sani Abacha as Chief of Naval Staff in September 1993.[2] He was later replaced by Rear Admiral Allison Madueke for the sake of ethnic balancing.[3]
suleiman, saidu, born, 1942, retired, nigerian, navy, rear, admiral, served, chief, naval, staff, from, september, november, 1993, rear, admiralchief, naval, staffin, office, september, 1993, november, 1993preceded, byvice, omotsolasucceeded, byrear, maduekemi. Suleiman Saidu born 1942 is a retired Nigerian Navy Rear Admiral who served as Chief of Naval Staff from September to November 1993 Rear AdmiralSuleiman SaiduChief of Naval StaffIn office September 1993 November 1993Preceded byVice Adm D P OmotsolaSucceeded byRear Adm A MaduekeMilitary Governor of Rivers StateIn office July 1978 October 1979Preceded byZamani LekwotSucceeded byMelford Obiene OkiloPersonal detailsBorn1942 age 80 81 Zaria citation needed Military serviceAllegiance NigeriaBranch serviceNigerian NavyYears of service1961 1993RankRear admiralRear Admiral Suleiaman Saidu joined the Nigerian Navy in 1961 and had his basic training at the Britannia Royal Naval College Dartmouth in the United Kingdom He took active part in the Nigerian Civil War 1967 1970 during the landings and subsequent operations He attended the Armament Supply and Inspection course at Bombay India in 1971 He qualified as a Long Gunnery Officer at HMS Excellent in Britain in 1972 Saidu was appointed military governor of Rivers State Nigeria from July 1978 to October 1979 during the military regime of General Olusegun Obasanjo handing over power to the elected civilian governor Melford Obiene Okilo at the start of the Nigerian Second Republic 1 Rear Admiral Suleiman Saidu served as the Captain of NNS Aradu Prior to taking over the command of the Aradu He was Staff Officer 1 Administration at the Nigerian Defence Academy Kaduna from where he went to command the MK 9 corvette NNS ERIN OMI before proceeding to the Defence Services Staff College Wellington India in 1982 Rear Admiral Suleiman Saidu also served as the Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Naval Command 1992 1993 and Flag Officer Commanding Western Naval Command 1993 Rear Admiral Suleiman Saidu was confirmed by General Sani Abacha as Chief of Naval Staff in September 1993 2 He was later replaced by Rear Admiral Allison Madueke for the sake of ethnic balancing 3 References Edit Nigeria States WorldStatesmen Retrieved 2010 04 01 Wale Fatade In the interim a government in a fix Daily Independent Dawodu Retrieved 2010 04 01 Nowa Omoigui Nigeria The Palace Coup of November 17 1993 Part 2 Dawodu Retrieved 2010 04 01 This biographical article related to the Nigerian military is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Suleiman Saidu amp oldid 1122382488, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
