Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Gowon sonyeere ndị agha Naijiria na 1954, wee nata ọrụ ya dị ka onye nke abụọ na October 19, 1955, ụbọchị ọmụmụ 21 ya. A zụrụ ya na Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, UK (1955<unk>56), Staff College, Camberley, UK (1962) nakwa na Joint Staff College, Latimer, 1965. Ọ hụrụ ihe na-eme na
Congo dị ka akụkụ nke United Nations Peacekeeping Force, ma na 1960<unk>61 na 1963. Ọ gara n'ihu n'ọkwa ọchịagha battalion site na 1966, n'oge ahụ ọ ka bụ lieutenant colonel.