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Joshua Mahamadu Hamidu (1936 – 1 February 2021) was a

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soldier, politician and diplomat. He has been the Chief of Defence Staff and also member of the Supreme Military Council government. Prior to heading the military and being in government, he was the Ghanaian High Commissioner to

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. He was appointed National Security Advisor to the

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in 2001. He was the chairman of the Narcotics Control Board of Ghana and on various boards of the

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. In 2005, he was Ghana's High Commissioner to

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. Hamidu had been accused in some circles of being implicated in the killing of the King of Dagbon, the late Yaa-Naa,

Yakubu II Yaa Naa Yakubu Andani II (born 1945–2002) was the King of Kingdom of Dagbon, Dagbon, the traditional kingdom of the Dagomba people in northern Ghana, from 31 May 1974 until his assassination on 27 March 2002. He was born in August 1945 in Sa ...

in March 2002. The Wuaku Commission which investigated the circumstances leading to the tragedy cleared him of any wrongdoing. He died on 1 February 2021 at the

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in Accra.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hamidu, Joshua Mahamadu 1936 births 2021 deaths Ghanaian royalty Ghanaian soldiers High Commissioners of Ghana to Zambia High Commissioners of Ghana to Nigeria People from Yendi Dagbon royalty Tamale Senior High School alumni