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Olufemi Oluyede
Olufemi Olatubosun Oluyede
General Olufemi Olatubosun Oluyede is a Nigerian Army Infantry Corps officer and Chief of Defence Staff of the Armed Forces of Nigeria. Appointed to the post in October 2025, he previously served as Chief of Army Staff and held senior command and operational assignments in the Nigerian Army.
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At a glance
- President Bola Tinubu appointed Oluyede Chief of Defence Staff on 24 October 2025, replacing General Christopher Musa.
- Before becoming defence chief, Oluyede served as acting and then substantive Chief of Army Staff.
- His previous assignments include command of 27 Task Force Brigade, Sector 2 under Operation LAFIYA DOLE, the Nigerian Army's 6 Division and the Infantry Corps.
- His recorded education includes economics degrees from the Nigerian Defence Academy and senior military and policy courses in Nigeria.
Background and military education
Oluyede was born on 21 June 1968 in Ikere-Ekiti, Ekiti State. He entered the Nigerian Defence Academy as a member of the 39 Regular Course in 1987. The State House curriculum vitae records Bachelor and Master of Arts degrees in Economics from the academy, as well as Junior and Senior Staff Courses at the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, the Senior Executive Course at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, and a Strategic Leadership Course at the Nigerian Defence Academy.
Army career and operational commands
Oluyede received a Regular Combatant Commission as a second lieutenant on 19 December 1992, with seniority effective from 12 September 1987. His career has included an Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group deployment with 65 Mechanised Battalion and senior assignments as Commander of 27 Task Force Brigade, acting and substantive Commander of Sector 2 under Operation LAFIYA DOLE, General Officer Commanding of 6 Division, Director of Inspection and Compliance at Army Headquarters, and Commander of the Infantry Corps.
Chief of Army Staff
The State House curriculum vitae records that Oluyede became Acting Chief of Army Staff on 30 October 2024 and substantive Chief of Army Staff in November 2024. A precise date for his assumption of the substantive office remains unsettled because a self-published biography gives 9 December 2024 as the date of Senate confirmation and assumption of office.
Chief of Defence Staff
President Tinubu appointed Oluyede Chief of Defence Staff on 24 October 2025, and the Senate subsequently confirmed the appointment. Tinubu decorated him at the State House on 30 October 2025. Defence Headquarters lists him as Chief of Defence Staff, and the State House identified him in that role during a February 2026 meeting with a United States Africa Command delegation.
Timeline
- Born in Ikere-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria.
- Entered the Nigerian Defence Academy as a member of the 39 Regular Course.
- Granted a Regular Combatant Commission as a second lieutenant in the Nigerian Army.
- Became Acting Chief of Army Staff, according to the State House curriculum vitae.
- Became substantive Chief of Army Staff, according to the State House curriculum vitae.
- Appointed Chief of Defence Staff by President Bola Tinubu, replacing General Christopher Musa.
- Nigeria's Senate confirmed his appointment as Chief of Defence Staff.
- President Tinubu decorated Oluyede as the newly appointed Chief of Defence Staff at the State House in Abuja.
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Current context
- Oluyede is listed as Chief of Defence Staff by Defence Headquarters, and the State House identified him in that role at an Abuja meeting with a United States Africa Command delegation on 8 February 2026. The State House appointment announcement said the appointment took immediate effect. A State House ceremony documented his decoration as newly appointed Chief of Defence Staff on 30 October 2025.
Biographical facts
- He was born on 21 June 1968 in Ikere-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria.
- The State House curriculum vitae states that he holds Bachelor and Master of Arts degrees in Economics from the Nigerian Defence Academy.
- His recorded professional education includes Junior and Senior Staff Courses at the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji; the Senior Executive Course at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies; and a Strategic Leadership Course at the Nigerian Defence Academy.
- He received a Regular Combatant Commission as a second lieutenant on 19 December 1992, with seniority in that rank effective 12 September 1987.
- His prior assignments include Commander of 27 Task Force Brigade under Operation LAFIYA DOLE, acting and substantive Commander of Sector 2 in that theatre, General Officer Commanding of 6 Division, Director of Inspection and Compliance at Army Headquarters, and Commander of the Infantry Corps.
- The State House curriculum vitae records that, while serving with 65 Mechanised Battalion, he deployed with the unit on an Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group operation.
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- Armed Forces of Nigeria Chief of Defence Staff present
- Nigerian Army Infantry Corps officer present
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