Alex Sabundu Badeh FSS MSS DSS (7 November 1957 – 18 December 2018) was an officer of the Nigerian Air Force who served as the 18th Chief of Air Staff and the 15th Chief of Defence Staff of Nigeria. He died from gunshot injuries sustained after his vehicle was attacked by unknown gunmen along Abuja-Keffi road on Tuesday, 18 December 2018.
Badeh was born in Muvudi-Vimtim, a little town in the Mubi-North Local Government Area of Adamawa State, North East Nigeria into a family of peasant farmers.
He attended Vimtim Primary School, Vimtim and went on to obtain his school certificate from Villanova Secondary School, Numan in 1976 before proceeding to the Nigerian Defence Academy.
In February 2016 Badeh was accused of financial misappropriation by the EFCC during his tenure as service chief.
Badeh denied involvement in any misconduct.
In October 2014 Boko Haram fighters briefly occupied Vimtim the hometown of Badeh and in so doing taking lives and destroying properties. His cousin who lived next door to his house was killed during the attack. The terrorists also burnt down Badeh’s house and the hospital he built for the community. It was widely reported in the media that the Defence Chief sent a helicopter to evacuate his parents before the attack even though records show that he actually lost his father in the 70’s and his mother in 2013.
Badeh was assassinated in an ambush along the Keffi – Abuja expressway on the evening of the 18th of December 2018.
On 23 January 2019, Badeh was laid to rest following his funeral at the Pentecostal Church, Air Force base in Abuja. Among the dignitaries present at his funeral were Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, governors of the Plateau and Adamawa State, Simon Bako Lalong and Bindow Jibrilla, and Chief of Defence Staff, General Abayomi Olonisakin
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