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Nigerian Army General, Chikadibia Obiakor, appointed UN Military Adviser on peacekeeping

New York - A Nigerian, Lieutenant-General Chikadibia Obiakor, has been appointed by United Nations’ Secretary -General, Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, as the United Nations’ (UN) Military Adviser for peacekeeping.

The appointment was confirmed by the United Nations’ Secretary -General, Mr. Ban Ki-Moon. Lt Gen. Obiakor will resume as soon as he is able to resolve the logistics and handover of his current UN job in Liberia, where he is the Force Commander.

Obiakor, according to the UN statement formally announcing his appointment, “has had a long and distinguished career with the Nigerian Army, beginning in 1973. He served as the General Officer Commanding, Second Mechanized Division, of the Nigerian Army, as Commander of the Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) Artillery Brigade in Liberia in 1996 and 1997, and as ECOMOG Chief Coordinator of the Liberian elections in July 1997.”

The statement added that the Nigerian General “has also served as the Chief of Administration of the Nigerian Army, with responsibility for the welfare, discipline and medical services of all Nigerian military personnel. Born on February 18, 1951, Lieutenant General Obiakor is a graduate of the National War College in Abuja. He holds a Master of Science degree in strategic studies from the University of Ibadan in Nigeria, and has participated in numerous international military courses.”