Joshua Hamidu
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Yendi, Gold Coast (now Ghana)[1]
37 Military Hospital, Accra, Ghana
GhanaJoshua Mahamadu Hamidu | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1936 Yendi, Gold Coast (now Ghana)[1] |
| Died | 1 February 2021 (aged 84–85) 37 Military Hospital, Accra, Ghana |
| Allegiance | Ghana |
| Service | Ghana Army |
| Commands | Chief of the Defence Staff |
| Other work | National Security Co-ordinator Chairman, Narcotics Control Board High Commissioner to Nigeria |
Lieutenant General Joshua Mahamadu Hamidu (1936 – 1 February 2021)[2] was a Ghanaian soldier, politician and diplomat. He has been the Chief of Defence Staff and also member of the Supreme Military Council government.[3][4][5][6] Prior to heading the military and being in government, he was the Ghanaian High Commissioner to Zambia.[7] He was appointed National Security Advisor to the Kufuor government in 2001.[3][8][9] He was the chairman of the Narcotics Control Board of Ghana[10] and on various boards of the Bank of Ghana.[11][9] In 2005, he was Ghana's High Commissioner to Nigeria.[9][12]
Hamidu had been accused in some circles of being implicated in the killing of the King of Dagbon, the late Yaa-Naa, Yakubu II in March 2002. The Wuaku Commission which investigated the circumstances leading to the tragedy cleared him of any wrongdoing.[13] He died on 1 February 2021 at the 37 Military Hospital in Accra.[14][2]