Facts: - successor: domkat bali mohammed inuwa wushishi - death date: 10 january 2000 - predecessor: ipoola alani akinrinade ipoola alani akinrinade - width: 150px - office: chief of defence staff chief of army staff - allegiance: nigeria - term end: 1983 october 1981 - term start: 1981 april 1980 - birth date: 1 march 1939 - name: gibson sanda jalo - branch: '' nigerian army '' - birth place: demsa , adamawa state , nigeria - rank: lieutenant general - alma mater: mons officer cadet school national defence college Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of gibson jalo .
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lt. general gibson sanda jalo cfr fss jss -lrb- 1 march 1939 -- 10 january 2000 -rrb- was the nigerian chief of army staff -lrb- coas -rrb- from april 1980 until october 1981 .he also served as the nigerian chief of defence staff from 1981 to 1983 during the nigerian second republic .