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The Nigerian Military School, Zaria, popularly known as (NMS), is a military boarding school in the Federal Republic of Nigeria, affiliated with the Armed Forces of Nigeria. History [ edit ]
In September 2017, he was made the Life Patron of the Nigerian Military School (NMS) Zaria Ex-Boys Association (FCT Chapter). Four other eminent alumni - Lt. Gen. Isaac Chikadibia Obiakor (rtd), Col. John Okoli (rtd), Col. Musa Shehu (rtd) and Gp. Capt. Yakubu Suleiman - were decorated as Patrons of the Chapter for the year 2017/2018. [16] [17]
He completed his primary education in Ajaka/Idah and attended the Nigerian Military School, Zaria, from 1967 to 1971. [4] In 1972, he joined the Nigerian Defence Academy as part of the Regular Cadet Course 12 and was commissioned into the Nigerian Air Force as a Pilot Officer on December 14, 1974. [citation needed]
For his primary school studies, he attended St. Bartholomews Primary School, Wusasa, Zaria, and proceeded to the Nigerian Military School (NMS) Zaria in January 1963. By the time he was in Class 3, he was the school high jumper and also played basketball for the school. The January 1966 coup took place while he was in school in Zaria.
Lt. Col. James Yakubu Gyang Pam, MFR (23 November 1933 - 15 January 1966) was the Nigerian Army's Adjutant General who was assassinated during the 1966 Nigerian coup d'état. He was the first Nigerian artillery officer and the first military officer from the Middle Belt to be commissioned.
Command Schools are run by the Nigerian Army Education Corps through the Directorate of Command Schools Services. Each Command School is headed by a commandant who is an army officer typically at the rank of lieutenant colonel or major, although the commandant may rarely be a colonel.
Following the outbreak of the Nigerian Civil War, his family relocated to their home town of Lorji in Aboh-Mbaise of Imo State. He attended Lorji Community School for his primary education. From 1973 to 1978, he attended the Nigerian Military School, Zaria, Kaduna State for his secondary education.
For his secondary education, he attended Nigerian Military School, Zaria between 1962 and 1966. He then enrolled as an officer-cadet at the Nigerian Defence Academy in September 1967 and graduated in March 1970, when he was commissioned an officer in the Nigerian Army. [ 3 ]