Lieutenant General

Lieutenant General

Lieutenant General is a military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages where the title of Lieutenant General was held by the second in command on the battlefield, who was normally subordinate to a Captain General....

 Joshua Mahamadu Hamidu is a former Chief of Defence Staff and member of the Supreme Military Council

Supreme Military Council

Supreme Military Council may refer to:* Supreme Military Council * Supreme Council of the Armed Forces * Supreme Military Council * Supreme Military Council * Supreme Military Council...

 government. He was appointed National Security Advisor to the Kufuor government

Kufuor government

This is a list of the ministers who have served in John Kufuor's New Patriotic Party government during the Fourth Republic of Ghana. This started on January 7, 2001, the first changeover between civilian governments in Ghana through the ballot box. John Kufuor won the 2004 elections and is serving...

 in 2001. He has also been the chairman of the Narcotics Control Board of Ghana. He is also on various boards of the Bank of Ghana

Bank of Ghana

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. In 2005, he was Ghana's High Commissioner to Nigeria

Nigeria

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Joshua Hamidu had been accused in some circles of being implicated in the killing of the Overlord of Dagbon, the late Ya-Na, Yakubu Andani II in March 2002. The Wuaku Commission which investigated the circumstances leading to the tragedy cleared him of any wrong doing.