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19th Chief of Army Staff (Nigeria)

Kenneth Minimah, CFRGSS, psc(+), fwc (born 27 July ) is a retired Nigerian armylieutenant general who served as Nigeria's Chief of Army Staff (COAS).^[1][2][3]

Early life

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J. Minimah was born on 27 July in Opobo Kingdom, Rivers State, Nigeria.^[4] He attended Township Primary School in Opobo between and and Baptist High School for his secondary education from to He later attended the College of Science and Technology, Port Harcourt.^[5] He was admitted into the Nigerian Defence Academy on 3 January and was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Corps of Nigerian infantry on 18 December ^[6] He obtained a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in international studies and a Master of Science () degree in strategic studies from the University of Ibadan.^[7]

Military life

He served at different levels in the Nigerian Army before he was appointed Chi