| Alexander Attah Madiebo | |
| Birth Name: | Alexander Attah Madiebo |
| Birth Date: | 29 April 1932 |
| Birth Place: | Umuokpu, Awka, Nigeria |
| Death Place: | Lagos, Nigeria |
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| Branch Label: | Service |
| Serviceyears: | 1954–1970 |
| Rank: | General |
| Commands: | General Officer Commanding GOC of the Biafran Armed Forces |
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| Battles Label: | Battles |
| Alma Mater: | Government College Umuahia |
| Laterwork: | The Nigerian Revolution and the Biafran war... The aftermath (2022) |
Alexander A. Madiebo (29 April 1932[1] [2] – 3 June 2022) was a Biafran soldier. He served as the General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the Republic of Biafra which existed from 1967 to 1970.[3]
Madiebo joined the military in 1954, during the colonial era, after graduating from Government College, Umuahia.[3] In 1960, he was deployed to Congo, during the Congo Crisis as a peacekeeping force for United Nations Operation in the Congo.[3] In 1964, he was made the first indigenous commander of the Artillery Regiment.[3] He fled from the northern region during the 1966 anti-Igbo pogrom.[3] He was the General Officer Commanding of the Republic of Biafra during the Nigerian Civil War. He joined Ojukwu to flee to Ivory Coast.[4] He died on 3 June 2022 at the age of 90.[5] [6] [7]