Biography of halilu akiluri
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Haliru Akilu is a Nigerian general who was Director of National Intelligence and Director of Military Intelligence at various times in the s.
Haliru Akilu
Nigerian spymaster
Haliru Akilu (born 2 November 1947) is a Nigerian general who was Director of National Intelligence and Director of Military Intelligence at various times in the 1990s.[1]
Early life
Akilu was born and educated in Kano State.
Military career
Akilu was commissioned in 1967 after he had attended the Nigerian Defence Academy. In 1969, he fought during the Nigerian Civil War as a company commander and was wounded. He later became, commander of the 146 Infantry Battalion that suppressed the Maitatsine religious riots.[2]
Education
He later attended Junior Staff College, Warminister (1973), Pakistan Command and Staff College (1979), King's College London (1983), and the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies in Kuru (1989).
Military intelligence
Akilu later joined the Directorate of Military Intelligence. As a lieutenant colonel, he took part from the conceptual stages of the 1983 military coup d'état