Ipoola Alani Akinrinade
Ipoola Alani Akinrinade | |
|---|---|
| Chief of Defence Staff | |
| In office 15 April 1980 – 2 October 1981 | |
| Preceded by | position established |
| Succeeded by | Gibson Jalo |
| Chief of Army Staff | |
| In office 2 October 1979 – 15 April 1980 | |
| Preceded by | Theophilus Danjuma |
| Succeeded by | Gibson Jalo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 October 1939 Ile Ife, Southern Region, British Nigeria (now in Osun State, Nigeria) |
| Alma mater | Nigerian Defence Academy Royal Military Academy Sandhurst |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Nigeria |
| Branch/service | Nigerian Army |
| Rank | Lieutenant general |
| Battles/wars | Nigerian Civil War |
Lieutenant general Ipoola Alani Akinrinade CFR FSS (born 3 October 1939) is a retired Nigerian military officer who was Chief of Army Staff (COAS) from October 1979 to April 1980, and then Chief of Defence Staff until 1981 during the Nigerian Second Republic.