CHIEF OF DEFENCE STAFF

Profile of the CDS

GENERAL OO OLUYEDE OFR

CHIEF OF DEFENCE STAFF

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General Olufemi Olatubosun Oluyede is the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) of the Armed Forces of Nigeria. A distinguished Infantry officer and seasoned strategist, he has served the Nigerian Army with outstanding dedication, courage, and professionalism for over three decades. His leadership embodies discipline, operational excellence, and commitment to national security and global peacekeeping. He has attended several courses among which are Young Officers’ Course (Infantry), Mechanical Transport Officers’ Course, Regimental Signal Officers’ Course, Junior Staff Course, Senior Staff Course, Defence and Strategic Studies Course (China), Combined Joint Land Component Task Force Commanders’ Course (United States of America).

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General OO Oluyede has held the following command, staff and instructional appointments which include:

a. Platoon Commander – 65 Mechanised Battalion
b. Adjutant – 65 Mechanised Battalion
c. Company Commander – 177 Guards Battalion
d. Commanding Officer – Various Infantry Units
e. Instructor – Nigerian Defence Academy
f. Senior Instructor – Nigerian Defence Academy
g. Staff Officer – Headquarters 82 Division, Nigerian Army
h. Staff Officer – Headquarters Joint Task Force (Operation RESTORE HOPE)
i. Commandant – Amphibious Training School, Calabar
j. Commander – 27 Task Force Brigade, Operation HADIN KAI (North East Nigeria)
k. Director of Plans – Army Headquarters, Department of Policy and Plans
l. Director, Inspection and Compliance – Army Headquarters
m. General Officer Commanding (GOC) – 6 Division, Nigerian Army
n. Commander – Infantry Corps Centre and School, Jaji, Kaduna
o. Acting Chief of Army Staff – Nigerian Army
p. Chief of Army Staff – Nigerian Army