Chief Olusegun Aremu Obasanjo @ 81.

Olusegun Obasanjo

Retired Soldier,President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Commander in Chief of the Nigeria Armed Forces, Statesman and Farmer was born on march 5,1937

in Ibogun Village via Abeokuta,Ogun state.
Married Remilekun Obasanjo,Stella Abebe,Taiwo Obasanjo,Gold Oruh and Moji Obasanjo and he was blessed with Twenty one children.
Education:-Baptist Boys High School, Abeokuta and enlisted in the Nigerian Army in the year 1958, trained at Mons Officers Cadet School,Aldershot, UK,Royal College of Military Engineering,Chatham,England,       School of Engineering  Survey,Newburyport,England,      Indian Defence Staff College. Indian Army School of Engineering,Poona,Royal College of Defence Studies,London,1974, Later served in the 5th Battalion,Nigerian Army,Kaduna and the Cameron's,1958-59; Commissioned Second- lieutenant, Nigeria Army,1959 and Promoted Lieutenant,1960; Served in the Nigeria Contingent of the United Nation Force in the Congo now Zaire,1960; Joined the only e
Engineering units of the Nigerian Army then and later became its Commander  in 1963;promoted captain 1963 and was attached to Indian Army Engineering School Kirkee,1965, Promoted Major Nigerian Army 1965 and Lieutenants-Colonel,1967;Commander 2nd Area Command Nigeria Army 1967,Commander 2nd Division(reàr) Nigerian Army Ibadan 1967; Commander Garrison Nigerian Army 1967-69; Promoted Colonel Nigerian Army 1969; General Officer Commanding 3rd Infantry Division Nigerian Army 1969-70; Commander 3rd Marine Commando Division Nigerian Army Southeastern State,1970, Commander Engineering Corps Nigerian Army 1970-75, Promoted to Brigadier Nigerian Army 1972; Appointed Federal Commissioner(Now Minister for Works and Housing) January -July 1975, Appointed Chief of Staff Supreme Headquarter Nigerian Army Lagos,1975-76, Member and Later Chairman of Defunct Supreme Military Council(SMC),1975-79; Promoted Lieutenant-General Nigerian Army 1976; Appointed Head of State and Commander in Chief of the Nigeria Armed Forces in February 13,1976-September 30,1979, Promoted to General of the Nigerian Army 1979, Retired Voluntarily from the Nigerian Army and handed over the government to the civilian rule, Member Advisory Council of State since 1979, Established Obasanjo Farm Nigeria Limited Otta,Ogun State since 1979, Fellow of Institute of Africa Studies, University of Ibadan since 1979, Member UNESCO Commision for Peace in the mind of men,1981-86; Member Independent(palme)Commision on Disarmament and security issues, Since 1983, Member WHO committee of experts on effect in nuclear weapon;Member, Executive Committe, Inter Action Council of Former Head of State and Government; Member and Co-chairman, Commonwealth Eminent Group on South Africa 1985; Nominated Member(by commonwealth leaders) to assess the security needs of Commonwealth Frontlines States and Mozambique; Founder/Organizer, Africa Leadership Forum,Otta November 1988, Appointed as Special Adviser to the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture(IITA) May 1989,Jailed on Trumped charges of treason by the Late Dark goggle General Sani Abacha regime 1995-98 and he was released from prison and granted presidential pardon by the Abdulsalam Abubakar regime,1998, He was elected the President and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999; through the PDP political party.
Award:- Africa prize for Leadership, Award for the Sustainable and Hunger, New York, USA.
National Honour:-Grand Commander of the Order of Federal Republic of Nigeria(GCFR)1980 and 1999.
Honourary degrees:-Honourary Doctor of Letters(Hon,D.Litt) Howard university USA,1980,Doctor of Law (Hon,LLD)University of Maiduguri,1980 and Doctor of Law,University of Ibadan(Hon,LLD) November 1988.
Publication:-A March Progress, My Command, Kaduna Nzeogwu, The Animal Called Man,Not My Will and "My Watch" His Latest Memoir.
A Book Written About him by his Biographer:- In The Eyes of Time by Adinoyi Onukaba Ojo.