Timothy Mai Shelpidi (4 September 1948 – 2 March 2018) (Kaltungo, Bauchi State) was the ambassador of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the Russian Federation.He enlisted in the Nigerian Army in 1967. He started his training at the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna and was commissioned a Regular Combatant Officer on March 4, 1970. 1990-1992: principal staff officer to Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. After retirement, he went briefly into politics, contesting for the governorship of his home state of Gombe in 2003. Shortly after, there was an attempt on his life. He died on March 2, 2018 at the Federal Medical Center, Abuja, after a protracted illness, and was buried on March 13, 2018 in his home town of Boh, in Shongom Local Government Area of Gombe State.