Cross Riverian Becomes Chief of Army Staff

by crossriverwatch admin

Major General Kenneth Tobiah Minimah, Chief of Army Staff

Maj. Gen. Kenneth Tobiah Minimah, a Cross Rivers was today named the new Chief of Army Staff. This was contained in the Twitter and Facebook posts by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, on Thursday.

Minimah, an indigene of Cross River State, was born on July 27, 1959 and until his new appointment was the Commander of the Nigerian Army Infantry Corps, Jaji.

Minimah is a member of the Regular Cadet Course 25 of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), and was commissioned into the Nigerian Army on December 18, 1981. He was previously posted to Lagos as GOC 81 Division in September 2010, and until then he was the Brigade Commander of the 1 Brigade, Sokoto.

An infantry officer, he was promoted to the rank of Major General in January 2011.

- by: pius
- 11 years ago
thought that guy is from Bayelsa
- by: Pat Ene Okon
- 11 years ago
Please, confirm that Major-General Kenneth Tobia Minimah is a Cross Riverian. I think Minimah and Tobiah are Rivers’ names.
- by: Paultu
- 11 years ago
Mr Agba! U did not indicate the part of Cross River he comes from.
- by: Tony
- 11 years ago
He is not from CRS but RIVERS state. Delete it fast.
- by: ogar simon
- 11 years ago
What a good news!!!
- by: charlse
- 11 years ago
Always confirm your information before publishing it,pls.
- by: benneth jaja
- 10 years ago
He’s not from cross river, kenneth tobiah minimah is from opobo/nkoro lga in rivers state…confirm well before you post