Chukwuemeka "Emeka" Osita Onwuamaegbu (born 1959) is a retired Nigerian Army major general who served as the 25th commandant of the

Nigerian Defence Academy The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) is a military university based in Kaduna, Nigeria, that trains officer cadets for commissioning into one of the three services of the Nigerian Armed Forces: the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force. The duration ...

from 2010 to 2013.

Early life

Major General Onwuamaegbu is the son of Honourable Justice Obumneme G. Onwuamaegbu, who was the attorney-general and commissioner of justice of

East Central State East Central State is a former administrative division of Nigeria. It was created on 27 May 1967 from parts of the Eastern Region and existed until 3 February 1976, when it was divided into two states - Anambra and Imo. The area now comprises fiv ...

between October 1, 1972 - July 29 1975. General Onwuamaegbu is also the nephew of the Nigerian journalist and writer Joseph N. C. Egemonye.

Military career

He was admitted to the

on 3 January 1977 as a member of the 21st Regular Combatant Course where he was coursemates with officers such as Alex Sabundu Badeh and

Babagana Monguno Mohammed Babagana Monguno (born 1957) is a Nigerian retired military general who served as National Security Advisor (Nigeria), National Security Adviser from 2015 to 2023. He was the Chief of Defence Intelligence (Nigeria), Chief of Defence In ...

. He was commissioned a Second lieutenant on 3 July 1979. He was promoted to major general in 2009. Prior to commanding the Defence Academy, he served as commandant of the Nigerian Army Peacekeeping Center, Jaji and was director of Army Public Relations. He carried out major innovations in the Defence Academy.

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