I.B.M. Haruna

Ibrahim Bata Malgwi Haruna (born 24 July 1940) is a retired officer of the Nigerian Army.

See Elizabeth Bird and Fraser Ottanell's "The Asaba Massacre: Trauma, memory, and the Nigerian civil war" (Cambridge University Press, 2017), pp.

He was commissioned into the Nigerian Army in 1961 upon his graduation as a member of RMA 27 of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, United Kingdom.

He was also the Quarter Master General, Nigerian Army (1968); General Officer Commanding (GOC), 2 Division (Main), Nigerian Army, Onitsha (1968-1969); Principal Staff Officer (PSO), Supreme Headquarters, Dodan Barracks Lagos (1969); Quartermaster General, Nigerian Army Headquarters (AHQ) (1970); Member of the General Adebayo Committee for the Re-Absorption of Biafran former Nigerian Army Officers (1970); Chairman Ceremonial Committee, 2nd All African Games (1970); and the Federal Commissioner for Information and Culture (1975-1977).

IBM Haruna is an avid golfer and he is the Life President of the Nigerian Professional Golfers Association (NPGA),[6] the Chairman, Board of Trustees of the IBB Golf and Country Club Abuja; a member of the Board of Trustees, Ladies Golfers Association of Nigeria (LGAN), and a member of the Advisory Board of the West African Golf Tour, Abuja.

[7] He was also given the National Honour as an Officer of the Federal Republic (OFR) in 1980 by the then President Shehu Shagari GCON.

In September 2017, he was made the Life Patron of the Nigerian Military School (NMS) Zaria Ex-Boys Association (FCT Chapter).