Ex-Defence Minister Domkat Bali Dies At 80 As President Buhari And Atiku Mourn

 

A Former Minister of Defense and Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Nigerian Armed Forces, General Domkat Bali, is dead. 

He held the situation during the system of General Ibrahim Babangida (IBB). 

Since he quit the military in 1990, Bali stayed under the radar, investing his energy in personal business and furthermore disapproving of the foremost conventional stool of the Langtang individuals of Plateau State. 

In December 2010, Bali turned into the Ponzhi Tarok, the fundamental leader of the ethnic gathering. 

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Domkat Bali 

Domkat Yah Bali (brought into the world 27 February 1940) is the Ponzhi Tarok since December, 2010. He is a resigned four-star General of the Nigerian Army. He was Minister of Defense and individual from the Supreme Military Council of 1984–1985, and the Armed Forces Ruling Council of 1985–1990. Bali joined the Nigerian Army in 1961 and is an alum of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. 

Domkat Bali was brought into the world in Langtang, Plateau State to the group of Hassan Bali Tabut and Yinkat Bali. He had his essential training at Mban, Langtang and from 1955 to 1960, he went to the commonplace auxiliary school at Kuru. He attempted further military courses at Camberley, London. 

He entered Nigerian Military Training College in 1961 and in 1964, he was a lieutenant and troop leader. Bali became commander a year later in 1965. In 1966, he was battery officer and during the Nigerian Civil War, he was a regimental leader. He was made major in 1968. 

Somewhere in the range of 1970 and 1971, Bali was leader, Corps of Artillery and later turned into a colonel at the Second Infantry Division in Ibadan. In 1973, he was presented on Akure as the leader of the ninth Infantry Brigade, he was assistant general Nigerian armed force in 1975, authority Corps of Artillery in 1976 and in 1978, he was the GOC of the First Infantry Division, Kaduna. 

Preceding turning out to be Defense Minister in 1984, he was Commandant of the Nigerian Armed Forces Command and Staff College from 1981 to 1983 and later head of armed force preparing and tasks. 

He left the military on January 10, 1990 . He was the Chairman of HFP Engineering, manufacturers of Victoria Garden City, Lagos Nigeria. He is hitched to Esther Bali an educationist and they have two kids, Nanna and Ponfa. 

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President Buhari, Atiku grieve 

"President Muhammadu Buhari mourns with individuals and administration of Plateau State over the death of a celebrated child and profoundly beautified resigned military official, Gen. Domkat Bali, who served the nation as Minister of Defense. 

"The President, who talked with the spouse of the expired, Esther on Friday, additionally sympathized with other relatives, companions and expert partners of the previous individual from the Supreme Military Council and Armed Forces Ruling Council, in the wake of ascending through the positions, with a recognized military profession, arriving at the top as Chief of Defense Staff. 

"President Buhari accepts the records of boldness and enthusiasm of Gen. Bali, the Ponzhi Tarok, will keep on rousing youthful military officials, while the establishment he laid in all the orders he headed will consistently be recollected. 

"The President has likewise established a designation driven by the Minister of Defense, Maj-Gen. Bashir Salihi Magashi (retd.) to visit the family, and mourn with government and individuals of the state over the misfortune. 

"President Buhari supplicates that the all-powerful God will get the spirit of the withdrew and solace his family." 

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Gen. Domkat Bali, previous Minister of Defense, had a recognized profession as a trooper and chairman. His end has denied Nigeria of an accomplished trooper and a legislator. He will be woefully missed. May his spirit find happiness in the hereafter. 

In the interest of my family, I mourn with his family and individuals and administration of Plateau State.