Dr Bowei started a military career at the Nigerian Military School Zaria in 1981 and also attended the Nigerian Defence Academy as a member of 40th Regular Combatant Course. In between, he attended Basic Airborne Course and Advance Airborne Course (for military Paratrooper’s and jump Master’s), at the Nigerian Army School of Infantry, Jaji, Kaduna State.
Retiring early military, Dr Bowei obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Banking and Finance, a Master of Science degree in Business Administration, a Master of Public Administration degree, and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Public Policy and Administration, specialising in Terrorism Mediation and Peace. He has attended various professional courses in terrorism, counterterrorism and emergency management in Institutions like the Leiden University, Netherlands, Federal Emergency Management Agency, USA, and the ASSER Institute in conjunction with the International Institute for Counterterrorism in The Hague, Netherlands.
He is a Fellow of the Institute of Strategic Management and also a Fellow and Certified Management Consultant of the Institute of Management Consultants. Dr Bowei works as the International Events Security Consultant for the International Arts Games Committee (IAC) in Canada and also focuses on training youths in various vocations where he has vast practical knowledge in water transfer printing, spray chrome, and gold plating. He heads the training teams for the Peace and Conflict Resolution Resource Centre, and the International Centre for Environmental Health and Development in Lagos, Nigeria.
Dr Bowei Sonie Bowei lectures Conflict, Crisis Resolution and Preventive Security for the Institute of Security, Nigeria at the University of Lagos’ Master of Security and Intelligence Studies (MSIS) program. He has written various articles for academic journals and is the author of the book, “Nigeria’s Insurgency and Counter-Terrorism Strategies”.