serviceyears branch predecessor successor death_date birth_place president death_place allegiance office width birth_date term_start rank article_title term_end name alma_mater
1967-1999 23px '' nigerian navy '' lt-gen . o.diya michael bamidele otiko gbolahan mudasiru atiku b. opaleye raji rasaki abubakar as civilian vice president of nigeria ekundayo 28 october 2013 fugar , edo state , nigeria abdulsalam abubakar as military president of nigeria new york , new york , u.s. nigeria chief of lagos state of general staff governor of ondo state governor 150px 29 september 1946 june 1998 september 1985 august 1986 vice admiral mike akhigbe
 may 1999 august 1986 august 1986 mike okhai akhigbe nigerian defence academy
mike akhigbe

mike okhai akhigbe -lrb- september 29 , 1946 - october 13 , 2013 -rrb- was a vice admiral in the nigerian navy who served as `` de facto '' vice president of nigeria -lrb- as chief of general staff -rrb- during the general abdusalami abubakar led military government from 1998 till the termination of military government in nigeria , in 1999 .
he served as military governor of nigeria 's ondo state from 1985 to 1986 , and military governor of lagos state from 1986 to 1988 , after which he was appointed chief of naval staff , the highest-ranking officer of the nigerian navy , and subsequently the chief of general staff , the highest-ranking military officer of the federal republic of nigeria armed forces .
he died in the usa on 28 october 2013 after suffering from cancer for a few years .
