Joseph Akahan | |
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Chief of Army Staff | |
In office August 1966 – May 1968 | |
Preceded by | Yakubu Gowon |
Succeeded by | Hassan Katsina |
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Born | 12 April 1937 Gboko LGA, British Nigeria |
Died | May 1968 | (aged 31)
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Joseph Akahan (12 April 1937 – May 1968) was a Nigerian military officer and Chief of Army Staff (Nigeria) from May 1967 until May 1968, when he was killed in a helicopter crash during the Nigerian Civil War.[1][2]