branch predecessor successor birth_place allegiance office width birth_date term_start rank article_title term_end name alma_mater
'' nigerian army '' theophilus danjuma gibson jalo gibson jalo ile ife , oyo state , nigeria nigeria chief of defence staff chief of army staff 150px 3 october 1939 1980 october 1979 lieutenant general ipoola alani akinrinade
 1981 april 1980 ipoola alani akinrinade nigerian defence academy royal military academy sandhurst
ipoola alani akinrinade

lt. general ipoola alani akinrinade cfr fss was chief of army staff -lrb- coas -rrb- , nigeria from october 1979 to april 1980 , and then chief of defence staff until 1981 during the nigerian second republic .
