Mohammed Tasiu Ibrahim | |
Honorific Prefix: | Major general |
Office1: | Commandant of the Nigerian Defence Academy |
Term Start1: | August 2015 |
Term End1: | October 2017 |
Predecessor1: | Maj-Gen. Muhammad Inuwa Idris |
Successor1: | Maj-Gen Adeniyi Oyebade |
Birth Date: | 1 October 1961 |
Allegiance: | Nigeria |
Serviceyears: | 1981–2017 |
Rank: | Major general |
Alma Mater: | Nigerian Defence Academy Government Secondary School, Zaria |
Mohammed Tasiu Ibrahim (born 1 October 1961) is a retired Nigerian Army major general who served as the 27th commandant of the Nigerian Defence Academy. He was appointed Commandant in July 2015 by the Chief of Army Staff, Maj-Gen Tukur Yusuf Buratai[1] succeeding Major General Muhammad Inuwa Idris[2]
Ibrahim was born on October 1, 1961, in Gumel, Jigawa State.[3] He attended Gumel Gabas primary school in Gumel town and later completed his primary education in Tudun-jukun Primary School Zaria 1974. He proceeded to Government Secondary School Giwa, Zaria from 1974 to 1979 where he obtained his West African Senior School Certificate.
After working for a year (between 1979 and 1980) with First Bank of Nigeria in Kano, he enrolled at the Nigerian Defence Academy as a member of the 29th Regular Combatant Course (including other officers such as Tukur Yusuf Buratai) from January 1981 to December 1983, when he received his commission into the Nigerian Army as a 2nd Lieutenant.
Ibrahim served as the chief of the Nigerian Army's Standard and Evaluation Department prior to his appointment as Commandant of the NDA. He retired from the Nigerian Army in October 2017.[4]