Oluseyi Petinrin (born 19 January 1955) is a retired
air chief marshal in the
Nigerian Air Force
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) is the air branch of the Nigerian Armed Forces. It is the youngest branch of the Nigerian Armed Forces.
It is one of the largest in Africa, consisting of about 15,000 personnel and aircraft including eight Chinese ...
, who was
Chief of the Defence Staff of Nigeria from 2010 to 2012. Prior to his appointment as
Chief of Defence Staff, he had held the position of
Chief of Air Staff.
Early life
Petinrin attended the
Federal Government College, Sokoto
Federal Government College, Sokoto is a unity school that was founded by P.H Davis in 1966.
History
The school was the first of the first three unity schools, which were originally called Inter Regional Secondary Schools but later called Federal ...
.
References
1955 births
Nigerian Air Force air marshals
Living people
Yoruba military personnel
Nigerian Defence Academy alumni
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