Timothy Shelpidi Explained

Timothy Shelpidi
Honorific Prefix:Major General
President:Umaru Musa Yar'Adua
Goodluck Jonathan
Term Start:18 September 2008
Term End:14 October 2011
Predecessor:Dan Suleiman
Office1:Commander, ECOMOG Peacekeeping Force, Liberia
Term Start1:January 1998
Term End1:March 1999
Predecessor1:Maj-Gen. V.S.L. Malu
Successor1:Maj-Gen. Felix Mujakperuo
Birth Name:Timothy Mai Shelpidi
Birth Date:4 September 1948
Birth Place:Kaltungo, Northern Region, British Nigeria (now in Gombe State, Nigeria)
Death Place:Abuja, Nigeria
Resting Place:Boh, Gombe State, Nigeria
Spouse:Ruth Shelpidi
Nationality:Nigerian
Alma Mater:Nigerian Defence Academy
Allegiance: Nigeria
Serviceyears:1967–1999
Rank: Major General

Timothy Mai Shelpidi (4 September 1948 – 2 March 2018) was a Nigerian general and diplomat, who served as the ambassador of Nigeria to the Russian Federation from 2008 to 2011. [1] A retired major general, he served as commander of the ECOMOG Peacekeeping Force in Liberia from 1998 to 1999, and was commander of the ECOMOG Peacekeeping Force in Guinea Bissau in 1997.[2]

Born on 4 September 1948, He enlisted in the Nigerian Army in 1967, he started his training at the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna and was commissioned a Regular Combatant Officer on 4 March 1970. Between 1990 and 1992, he was principal staff officer to Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.

After retirement, he went briefly into politics, contesting for the governorship of his home state of Gombe in 2003.[3] He died on 2 March 2018, at the Federal Medical Center, Abuja, after a protracted illness, and was buried on 13 March 2018, in his home town of Boh, in Shongom Local Government Area of Gombe State.[4]

Qualifications and decorations

Shelpidi has attended various military courses in Nigeria and overseas.

1973 he was Commanding Officer of the 124 Infantry Battalion.In 1996 he was MAJOR GENERAL (mss, psc, ndc), Chief of Research and DevelopmentIn 1997, he was Commander of the Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group in Guinea Bissau. From 18 September 2008 to 14 October 2011 he administrated the Embassy of Nigeria in Moscow.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ru:Список руководителей дипломатических и консульских представительств зарубежных государств в России . . . 2008-07-05 . ru.
  2. Web site: Umar . Auwal . Former ECOMOG Commander, Timothy Shelpidi, buried . . 15 April 2023 . 13 March 2018 .
  3. Web site: PANAPRESS - PANAFRICAN News Agency - Official Web Site.
  4. Web site: Former ECOMOG commander Major Gen Shelpidi buried today. 13 March 2018.
  5. Web site: http://www.mid.ru/brp_4.nsf/0/1998B5C366B11DE7C325792B0037B4C0 .