Adesola Nunayon Amosu (born 1 August 1958) is a retired air marshal of 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 Che ...

who served as the 19th Chief of Air Staff.

Early life

Amosu was born on 1 August 1958 in

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. He had his elementary education at Ladilak Primary School in

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before proceeding to the Apostolic Grammar School, where he sat for the

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. Amosu was enlisted into the

through the

Nigerian Defence Academy The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) is a military university based in Kaduna, Nigeria that trains officer cadets for commissioning into one of the three services of the Nigerian Armed Forces: the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force. The duration of t ...

as a member of the 25 Regular Course on 3 January 1979 and was commissioned as

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on 3 July 1981. He later attended the Armed Forces Command and Staff College in Jaji, then the National War College, Nigeria. He also obtained a Master of science, M.Sc degree in strategic studies from the

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Air force career

He trained as a

at 301 Flying Training School

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before he moved to 303 Flying Training School Kano. After his training he was deployed to the 99 Air Combat Training Group Kainji for type-rating on the Alpha-Jet aircraft. He was promoted to the rank of

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on 3 July 2010. He was decorated by

Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan (born 20 November 1957)Lawson Heyford, ''The Source'' (Lagos), 11 December 2006. is a Nigerian politician who served as the President of Nigeria from 2010 to 2015. He lost the 2015 presidential election to ...

, the president of Federal Republic of Nigeria He as served at different capacity in the

before he attained the peak of his career. He served as Safety Officer at 81 Air Maritime Group Benin and later became the Chief Operations Officer as well as Fleet Operations Officer at the 101 Presidential Air Fleet, Abuja. He also served as the Commandant officer of the 101 Presidential Air Fleet. Prior to his appointment on 16 January 2014 as the Chief of Air Staff, CAS he was the Director of Operations and Air Officer Commanding Tactical Air Command. He is a pilot who has flown the Alpha-Jet, Dornier 228 Gulfstream 5 airplanes, Dornier 128-6 and Falcon 900 with over 6,200 flying hours on many Nigerian Air Force aircraft.

Arrested By EFCC For Corruption

On Jan 27, 2016, the Nigerian anti-corruption agency the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission arrested and detained Adesola Amosu over allegation of corruption in arms procurement during his tenure as Chief Of Air Staff in which over $2.1 billion arms procurement deal were diverted for personal use."EFCC detains ex-Chief of Air Staff, Adesola Amosu, over N29billion arms deal

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Early life

Air force career

Arrested By EFCC For Corruption

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