Breaking: Gen Oladipo Diya Confirmed Dead

Afimag.com –

Former Chief of Staff in General Sani Abacha’s military junta, Lt-General Donaldson Oladipo Oyeyinka Diya (retd) has been pronounced dead.

Prince Oyesinmilola Diya, who announced his death in a statement, said the former military administrator of Ogun State died on March 26, 2023.

The statement read: “On behalf of the entire Diya family home and abroad; We announce the passing on to Glory of our dear Husband,Father, Grandfather,brother, Lt- General Donaldson Oladipo Oyeyinka Diya (Rtd) GCON, LLB, BL, PSC, FSS, mni.

“Our dear Daddy passed onto glory in the early hours of 26th March 2023. Please keep us in your prayers as we mourn his demise in this period. Further announcements will be made public in due course.

“Barrister Prince Oyesinmilola Diya, on behalf of the family.”

Gen Oladipo Diya was born on April 03, 1944. He was the military Governor of Ogun State after the Buhari-Idiagbon coup of December 31, 1983.

He later joined the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna and was part of the Nigerian Civil War.

He, however, attended the US Army School of Infantry, the Command and Staff College, Jaji (1980–1981) and the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru.

Diya also served in the military and studied law in Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, where he obtained an LLB degree, and then at the Nigerian Law School, where he was called to bar as Solicitor and Advocate of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.

The positions he handled in the military were GOC, 82 Division and finally the Chief of General Staff (military Vice President) to Gen Sani Abacha.