Gen Lucky Irabor bio, rank, wife, age, family, net worth.
Major General Lucky Irabor is a Nigerian Army Major General who President Muhammed Buhari recently appointed as Nigerian Chief of Defence Staff on January 26, 2021. He will succeed Abayomi Olonisakin, who has held the position since July 13th, 2015. He was one of President Buhari’s recent appointees, along with Awwal Gambo, Isiaka Oladayo Amao, and Ibrahim Attahiru.
Gen Lucky Irabor Biography & Profile Summary
Name | Major General Lucky Eluonye Onyenuchea Irabor |
Date of Birth | October 5, 1965 |
Age | 55 |
State of Origin | Delta State |
Profession | Nigerian Army |
Rank | Chief of Defence Staff |
Religion | Christian |
Net Worth | Unknown |
Gen Lucky Irabor Age
He was born on the 5th of October, 1965. That means he is 58 years old as of 2023.
Gen Lucky Irabor State of Origin & Tribe
General Irabor hails from Agbor, a town in the Mid-Western Region of Nigeria, which is now part of Delta State. He belongs to the Igbo tribe.
Gen Lucky Irabor Wife & Family
Not much is known about General Irabor’s early life and family background. However, he is happily married to Mrs. Victoria Irabor, and they have been blessed with two children, a son and a daughter.
Gen Lucky Irabor Education
Major General Leo Irabor is an alumnus of Obafemi Awolowo University, where he studied engineering. He is also an alumnus of Harvard Kennedy School of Government Executive Programme, USA.
In 1995 he attended Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji (AFCSC) for his Junior Staff Course, and for his Senior Staff Course, he attended Ghana Armed Forces Staff College, Teshi, Accra, Ghana in 2000/2001.
In 2010 he attended the National Defence College in Bangladesh, and Harvard Kennedy Schools of Government and Executive Education, in the USA in 2012 and 2017, respectively. Major General Leo Irabor holds two Masters’s Degrees from the University of Ghana, Accra, and Bangladesh University of Professionals, Dhakar.
Gen Lucky Irabor Career
In 1983, he gained admission into the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) Kaduna as a member of the 34 Regular Course, and after graduating from the NDA, on the 28th of June, 1986, he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant into the Signals Corps of the Nigerian Army.
He was the Commander, Training and Doctrine Command of the Nigerian Army, TRADOC, Minna. Before becoming the Chief of Defence Staff, he was the Chief of Training and Operations, Defence headquarters, and supervised training and operations in the Armed Forces of Nigeria under the direction of the then Chief of Defence Staff.
Major General Leo Irabor was a Theatre Commander in the Operation Lafia Doyle in the North-Eastern Part of Nigeria against Boko Haram and the Force Commander Multinational Joint Task Force in the Lake Chad Basin Area. He also served as the Chairman Assembly of First Nations (AFN) on COVID-19.
On the 26th of January, 2021, he was appointed as the Nigerian Chief of Defence Staff by President Muhammed Buhari following the resignation of service chiefs.
Lucky Irabor Rank
He holds the rank of a Major General in the Nigerian Army.
Gen Lucky Irabor Net Worth
His net worth is currently unknown, but we will update this page as soon as we have more information.