Abdulkareem Adisa

Abdulkareem Adisa Biography / Profile

Abdulkareem Adisa was born to the family of Alhaji Bakare Adisa and Alhaja Belawu Akanke Aro at Aloba compound, Ojo Iya area, Kwara State, Nigeria on August 22nd, 1948.. He was a former Oyo State Military Governor and one- time Works and Housing Minister.

Abdulkareem Adisa Age

Abdulkareem Adisa would have been 65 years old, if he were alive today. May his soul rest in peace.

Abdulkareem Adisa Early Life

Growing up in Ilorin, Adisa attended Quranic School Ilorin from 1951 to 1953 and Catholic Primary School Ibuso Gboro Ibadan from 1953 to 1958. He also attended Nigerian Army Senior Primary School, Wawa, Borgu Local Government Area (LGA) now in Niger State in 1961.

Abdulkareem Adisa Career

Adisa joined the Nigerian Military School, Zaria from 1962 until 1965 and the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna between 1967 and 1970. His early strides were between the home of his maternal grandfather and the passionate care of his paternal grandmother. The combination gave him a background of strong Muslim commitment and value. These attributes molded the fine Army Officer that the society subsequently inherited. The reward for his success at the institution was promotion to the officer rank of Adjutant, 3 Artillery Regiment, Port Harcourt in 1970 and Battery Commandant, PAPABTY, 3rd Artillery Headquarters, Port Harcourt. He later served as Adjutant, Field Artillery School, Kaduna.

He proceeded to the United States School of Artillery Forte Seal Oklahoma, for further studies (1971-1972) and the School of Artillery, Black Health, United Kingdom (1974-1975). On his return to Nigeria, he held the position of Instructor, Artillery School, Kaduna, in 1975 and later General Staff Officer I, Army Headquarters (SD/PALNS). He was promoted Commander 3, Artillery Brigade, Nigeria Army Abeokuta and Commander 32, Artillery Brigade, Nigerian Army Owerri in 1985; and later Commander 33, Artillery Brigade. He was Acting Military Governor of Imo State and Chairman, Imo State university (now Abia State University) appeal fund. He was promoted to Founding Commander 36 Artillery Brigade, Nigerian Army Kaduna in 1988.

Due to his brilliant performance, he was promoted chairman, Presidential Monitoring Committee on State Creation. He was Military Governor Oyo State (present Oyo and Osun States) (1990-1992). He became Commander, Lagos Garrison Command and Corps Commander, Nigerian Army Artillery Corp, Kotangora, and Director of Training Defence Headquarters. He was promoted to the rank of Major General in October 1994 and also served as Honourable Minister of Works and Housing (1995-1997).

Adisa was a philanthropist per excellence right from his days as a youth. He was noted to be giving what he would eat to his more needy colleagues. He also established the Adisa Bakare Education Endowment Fund (ABEEF) in 1997 through which he gave financial assistance to students in both secondary and tertiary institutions. The beneficiaries, who cut across all the local government areas in Kwara State, are now over 9,000. was an elder and strong member of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State. Until his death, he was the Chairman /Chief Executive of DISKABOL GROUP, a conglomerate with several subsidiaries that provide employment for numerous Nigerians, and which stood him out as one of the foremost industrialists in Kwara State.

Abdulkareem Adisa Personal Life

Adisa was a hardworking, skillful and dedicated Army Officer. Married to his wife, Alhaja Adisa and they were blessed with three children. He was a prayerful, devoted and disciplined father, who had a good heart and love for all his children.

Adisa died in a London hospital on February 25th, 2005 following multiple injuries he sustained in an autocrash on his way from Kogi State a wek earlier. He was aged 56.

Abdulkareem Adisa Awards

Due to his meritorious and dedicated services in all his appointments, Adisa was decorated and honoured as Pass Staff College (PSC), Forces Services Star (FSS), Military Services Star (MSS), Member National Institute (MNI), and Doctor of Law (Honouris Causa) Federal University of Technology Owerri. He was also conferred with traditional chieftaincy titles in Kwara, Oyo, Osun, Ekiti, Imo, Abia, Enugu and Anambra States.