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Babafemi Ogundipe was born on 6 September, 1924 in Ago-Iwoye, Southern Region, British Nigeria (now Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, Nigeria), is a De facto deputy head of state of Nigeria in 1966. Discover Babafemi Ogundipe's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 47 years old?

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Age 47 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 6 September 1924
Birthday 6 September
Birthplace Ago-Iwoye, Southern Region, British Nigeria (now Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, Nigeria)
Date of death 20 November, 1971
Died Place London, United Kingdom
Nationality Niger

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1924

Babafemi Olatunde Ogundipe (6 September 1924 – 20 November 1971) was the de facto second-in-command and first Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters from January 1966 to August 1966 during Major General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi's military regime.

He was born on 6 September 1924 to Yoruba parents from Ago-Iwoye, in present-day Ogun State in western Nigeria.

1941

He joined the Royal West African Frontier Force in 1941, serving in Burma between 1942 and 1945.

1952

In December 1956, he was commissioned into the regular army as a lieutenant, with seniority from 21 January 1952.

1953

He re-enlisted in the West Africa Forces and received a short service commission as a second lieutenant in August 1953.

1955

He was appointed Captain, with seniority from January 1955, in December 1956.

1960

On 1 October 1960, along with the majority of Nigerian officers in the Royal Nigerian Military Forces, he relinquished his commission upon being appointed to a commission in the Royal Nigeria Army.

He served a number of tours during the Congo Crisis, as part of the Nigerian Army's contingent to the United Nations peace keeping force - ONUC - between 1960 and 1963, including as the Commander ONUC, Kasai and Kbngolo Sector and Commander of the Nigerian Contingent, and as ONUC Chief of Staff.

1963

He rose to the rank of Brigadier in the Nigerian Army (which had ceased to be known as the Royal Nigerian Army upon Nigeria becoming a republic on 1 October 1963) in May 1964.

1964

At the end of his service in the Congo, he returned to Nigeria as the commander of the second brigade of the Nigerian Army in Lagos, where he remained until September 1964, when he left to attend the Imperial Defence College (now the Royal College of Defence Studies) in London.

At the end of his course at the IDC, he remained in London as the Military Attaché at the Nigerian High Commission, where he was posted at the time of the January coup d'état in Nigeria.

1966

He was Nigerian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from September 1966 to August 1970 during General Yakubu Gowon's military regime.

Following the coup, he returned to Nigeria, to serve as the Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters Nigerian Defence Forces (de facto Vice President) between January 1966 and August 1966.

After the bloody coup which overthrew Aguiyi-Ironsi, he left the country for the United Kingdom.

He was criticized in some quarters for his refusal to seize the mantle of office of his supreme commander, who had been murdered in the August 1966 coup, and that this aggravated the pogroms that eventually followed.

He was the most senior military officer after the death of Aguiyi-Ironsi, and the thinking was that he ought to have taken power himself.

The fact is that this was not a viable thing for him to have done.

He had no troops, and he was unable to rely on the few individuals available to him, many of whom were northern and were unwilling to take orders from a Christian southerner.

Furthermore, he was basically a soldier and had no personal political ambitions.

He understood that the preservation of Nigeria as one country meant that a southern Christian would be unable to hold the country together, and he took himself out of the power equation by accepting Yakubu Gowon (several years his junior) as the head of the new military government.

Following an agreement with the new military government led by General Yakubu Gowon, he left the country for the United Kingdom, where he attended the 1966 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting as Nigeria's representative in September.

Thereafter he took up appointment in London as Nigeria's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, a post he held for four years where he played an instrumental role in securing British materiel support for the Nigerian Civil War.

1970

He left public service in August 1970.

1971

He died from a heart attack in London on 20 November 1971.