BACKGROUND

1. Air Vice Marshal (AVM) Adeniran Kolade Ademuwagun was born on 3 May 1971. He hails from Ikare Akoko, Akoko North-East Local Government Area of Ondo State. The senior officer attended King’s College Lagos. He was admitted into the prestigious Nigerian Defence Academy in September 1989 as a member of 41 Regular Course. He was commissioned as a Pilot Officer in September 1994, having bagged a Bachelor Degree Honours in Electrical Electronics Engineering. He progressed steadily through the ranks and was promoted to the enviable rank of Air Vice Marshal in November 2021. 

COURSES ATTENDED

2. Air Vice Marshal Ademuwagun attended both Military and Professional Courses at home and abroad. Some of the courses include Junior and Senior Staff Courses at the Armed Forces Command and Staff College Jaji Nigeria and National Defence College Abuja Nigeria. Others are Masters in Electronic and Telecommunications Engineering (MTEL) from Obafemi Awolowo University Nigeria, Masters in Engineering (Project Management) from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology at Trondheim Norway, Masters in Philosophy in Security and Strategic Studies from Nigerian Defence Academy Kaduna Nigeria and PhD Engineering on Wireless Communications from the University of Aberdeen Scotland.

APPOINTMENTS HELD

3. In the course of his military career, Air Vice Marshal Ademuwagun has served in various operational, planning and training capacities. Among which include Military Personnel Officer 3 (MPO3) at the United Nations Mission Democratic Republic of Congo, Head of Department, Electronic Communications School at the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) Kaduna, Assistant Director Information Communications Technology at Headquarters Nigerian Air Force and Dean Faculty of Ground and Communications Engineering AFIT Kaduna. Other appointments held by the senior officer are Director of Information Communications Technology at AFIT Kaduna, Commander 651 Base Services Group Sam Ethnan Air Force Base Ikeja Lagos, Director of Communications Engineering Headquarters Nigerian Air Force Abuja and Deputy Commandant AFIT Kaduna. Before his present appointment as the 48th Air Officer Commanding Logistics Command, Air Vice Marshal AK Ademuwagun was the Director of Defence Space Utilisation at Defence Headquarters Abuja.

AWARDS AND DECORATIONS

4. The senior officer has several awards and decorations. Some of these include Distinguished Service Star (DSS), Pass Staff College(psc) and Fellow National Defence College (fwc). Air Vice Marshal Ademuwagun is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) and Certified Member of Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN). 

MARITAL STATUS

5. The senior officer is happily married with 3 children two boys and a girl. At his leisure time he enjoys watching movies, reading, playing scrabble, birding and being analytic.