General ishaya bamaiyi biography template
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Another look at Bamaiyi’s ‘Vindication of a General’
BY HAKEEM YUSUF
Biographies have their value, but where they are of individuals who have either held public office or had role governance in their private capacities, biographies tend to generate controversy. People of observation and deep reflection know that autobiographies or memoirs of former public officers are even more susceptible to controversy as they could easily be used for less than altruistic purposes. Revisionism – attempts to change accepted ideas and beliefs in a way that is wrong or dishonest – even of recent history, is one of the typical elements in the arsenal of autobiography. Autobiography is sometimes deployed to white-wash otherwise dishonourable, criminal or even venal actions of the author while in public office. Self-righteousness, indignation and even vilification of others, are other features informed readers identify in this genre of writing.
The book, Vindication
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The 1990s were not the best of times for dictatorial regimes world-wide. It was a time when the strong wind of democracy was aloft, unfettered, running swiftly over many countries and sweeping away dictatorships. The wind of democracy swept away larger dictatorships like the Soviet Union and East Germany before creating similar havoc in Africa, affecting Zambia, and nearer home Mali, Niger, Togo, and others. Nigeria which had been under military dictatorship since 1966 with the exception of the brief civilian intermission of 1979-83, made all efforts to resist the wind of democracy in the 1990s. The iron will of the military regimes in Nigeria to resist and continue business as usual made it imperative for them to embark on self-serving, unending, transition programmes that in the end consumed many brilliant careers among both civilians and the military.
Ishaya Bamaiyi who rose to the rank of Lieutenant General in the Nigerian Army as well as becoming its Chief of Staff is one of
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| Ishaya Rizi Bamaiyi | |
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| Chief of Army Staff | |
In office March 1996 – May 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Maj-Gen. Alwali Kazir |
| Succeeded by | Lt-Gen. S.V.L. Malu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1949-09-21)21 September 1949 Zuru Kebbi State, Nigeria |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Nigeria |
| Service/branch | Nigerian Army |
| Years of service | 1968–May 1999 |
| Rank | Lieutenant general |
| Commands | Brigades of Guards, Lagos garrison Command, Nigerian Army |
| Battles/wars | Biafran war |
| Awards | GCON, FSS, MSS, DSS, NSM, General Service Medal|GSM, DSM |
Ishaya Bamaiyi, GCON (born September 21, 1949) is a retired Nigerian ArmyLieutenant General and former Chief of Army Staff.[1] His older brother was Major General Musa Bamaiyi, former Head of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
Background & education[]
He was born in Kebbi State Northwestern Nigeria. He was Short serviced commissioned into the Nigerian Army infantry Corps in 1