Christopher Oluwole Rotimi

Christopher Oluwole Rotimi is a retired Nigerian Army Brigadier General, diplomat and politician. A distinguished officer, he eventually rose to the rank of Brigadier General. He served during the Nigerian Civil War, and was the Governor of Western State while Nigeria was under military rule from 1971 1975. Oluwole Rotimi became the Nigerian Ambassador to the United States in 2007.

Oluwole Rotimi was bornFebruary 1935 in Abeokuta, Nigeria to a Yoruban family. He attended Agooko Methodist School, Lisabi school, Olowogbowo Methodist School as well as Kings College Lagos, after which he earned a BA at the University College Ibadan.

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