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{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Chris Olukolade
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|03|18}}
|death_date =
|birth_place = Idoani, Ondo State, Nigeria
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|office1 =Director of Defence Information
|term_start1= March 19, 2013
|term_end1= July 30, 2015
|predecessor1= Brig Gen. Mohammed Yerima
|successor1 = Col. Rabe Abubakar
|office2 =
|term_start2 =
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|allegiance = {{flag|Nigeria}}
|branch =Nigerian Army
|serviceyears = 1982–2015
|rank = Major general
|commands = 149 Infantry Battalion
|units =81 Division, 82 division, 2 division, army HQ & defense HQ
|battles = Boko Haram Insurgency War, [peace keeping operations in Liberia, Sierra Leone & Sudan
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|alma_mater = Nigerian Defence Academy
Obafemi Awolowo University
}}Chris Olukolade (born March 18, 1959) is a retired Major general of the Nigerian army and former Director of Defence Information. He succeeded Brig Gen. Mohammed Yerima on March 19, 2013 and was succeeded by Colonel Rabe Abubakar[1][2]

Prior to his retirement on July 30, 2015, he was the Chairman of Forum of Spokespersons on Security and Response Agencies (FOSSRA) in Nigeria.[3]

Early life

Maj. Gen. Chris Olukolade was born on March 18, 1959 in Zaria, Kaduna State Northern Nigeria but his parents were from Idoani, a town in Ondo State, Southwestern Nigeria. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife in 1983 and was commissioned into the Nigerian army as Second Lieutenant in 1982 based on the academic report of his third year in the University as a Nigerian soldier and student.[4]

References

1. ^{{cite news|last1=Oye|first1=Wole|title=Olukolade becomes Defence spokesman|url=http://theeagleonline.com.ng/olukolade-becomes-defence-spokesman/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160429213114/http://theeagleonline.com.ng/olukolade-becomes-defence-spokesman/|archive-date=April 29, 2016|work=theagleonline.com|publisher=Eagle online|date=March 19, 2013}}
2. ^{{cite news|title=Major General Chris Olukolade Fired As Director Of Defense Information|url=http://saharareporters.com/2015/07/30/major-general-chris-olukolade-fired-director-defense-information|accessdate=April 29, 2016|publisher=Sahara Reporters|date=July 30, 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160429220014/http://saharareporters.com/2015/07/30/major-general-chris-olukolade-fired-director-defense-information|archivedate=April 29, 2016}}
3. ^{{cite news|last1=Omonobi|first1=ingsley|title=General Chris Olukolade resigns as FOSSRA chairman|url=http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/07/general-chris-olukolade-resigns-as-fossra-chairman/|accessdate=April 29, 2016|publisher=Vanguard Newspaper|date=July 30, 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160429223600/http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/07/general-chris-olukolade-resigns-as-fossra-chairman/|archivedate=April 29, 2016|location=Abuja}}
4. ^{{cite news|last1=Ibeh|first1=Nnenna|title=Nigeria’s defence spokesperson, Olukolade, to launch books|url=http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/more-news/185850-nigerias-defence-spokesperson-olukolade-to-launch-books.html|accessdate=April 29, 2016|publisher=Premium Times|date=July 30, 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160429224733/http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/more-news/185850-nigerias-defence-spokesperson-olukolade-to-launch-books.html|archivedate=April 29, 2016}}
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