Background
He was born on September 4, 1948 at Kaltungo, Bauchi State.
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Timothy Shelpidi
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Enlisted in the Nigerian Army in 1967. He started his training at the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna and was commissioned a Regular Combatant Officer on March 4, 1970. 1990-1992: principal staff officer to Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.
Shelpidi has attended various military courses in Nigeria and overseas.
1971: All Arms Tactics Course
1977 - 1978: Army Command and Staff Course. 1988: National Defence College, India
He speaks English, Hausa language and Tangale language.
Pass Staff College (psc)
Mediterranean Shipping Company Defensce Studies
Forces Service Star (fss)
Meritorious Service Star (mss),
1973 he was Commanding Officer of the 124 Infantry Battalion. In 1996 he was MAJOR GENERAL (mss, psc, ndc), Chief of Research and Development In 1997 he was Commander of the Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group en Guinea Bissau.
From 000000002008-09-18-0000September 18, 2008 to 000000002011-10-14-0000October 14, 2011 he administrated the Embassy of Nigeria in Moscow.
