(1949-09-21) 21 September 1949 (age 74) Zuru, Northern Region, British Nigeria (now in Kebbi State, Nigeria)
Awards
Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger
Forces Service Star
Meritorious Service Star
Distinguished Service Star
National Service Medal
General Service Medal
Defence Service Medal
Military service
Allegiance
Nigeria
Branch/service
Nigerian Army
Years of service
1968–1999
Rank
Lieutenant general
Commands
Brigades of Guards, Lagos Garrison Command
Battles/wars
Biafran war
Ishaya Rizi Bamaiyi, GCON (born 21 September 1949) is a retired Nigerian Army lieutenant general who served as Chief of Army Staff from 1996 to 1999 during the military regime of Generals Sani Abacha and Abdulsalami Abubakar.[1] His older brother was Major General Musa Bamaiyi, former Head of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
^"COAS Chronicle of Command". Nigerian Army. Nigerian Army. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
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