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Also known as: JTF| JTF's Operation Boyona| Joint Task Force [+]

Country: Nigeria [+]

Classified as: Army  Joint Task Force  Military  Police  State Security Service (Internal Security) [+]

Areas of operation


Area of Operation First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Yobe [+] 14 May 2013 [+] 18 August 2013 [+]
Adamawa [+] 14 May 2013 [+] 18 August 2013 [+]
Borno [+] 14 May 2013 [+] 18 August 2013 [+]

Sites


Site First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Maiduguri [+] 14 May 2013 [+] 18 August 2013 [+]

Member units

All units that comprise this unit.
Name Country Other Names Classification First Cited Date Last Cited Date
1 Mechanised Division [+] Nigeria [+] 1 Division [+]
1 Mechanisd Army Division [+]
1st Division [+]
Army One Division [+]
First Mechanized Infantry Division [+]
One Division [+] 		Army [+]
Military [+] 		15 May 2013 [+]
174 Battalion [+] Nigeria [+] 174 Bn [+]
174 Mechanised Battalion [+] 		Army [+]
Military [+] 		August 2013 [+]
2 Mechanised Division [+] Nigeria [+] 2 Brigade [+]
2 Division [+]
2nd Division [+]
Second Mechanized Infantry Division [+] 		Army [+]
Military [+] 		15 May 2013 [+]
22 Armoured Brigade [+] Nigeria [+] 22 Armour Brigade [+]
22 Brigade [+]
22 Brigade (Rear) [+] 		Army [+]
Military [+] 		15 May 2013 [+]
22 Battalion [+] Nigeria [+] 22 BN [+] Army [+]
Military [+] 		15 May 2013 [+]
243 Reconnaissance Battalion [+] Nigeria [+] 243 Battalion [+]
243 Bn [+]
243 Recce Battalion [+] 		Army [+]
Military [+] 		16 May 2013 [+] August 2013 [+]
3 Armoured Division [+] Nigeria [+] 3 Div. [+]
3 Division [+]
3rd Armored Division [+]
3rd Armoured Division [+]
3rd Armoury Division [+]
3rd Army Division [+]
3rd Division [+]
Third Armoured Division [+]
Three Armoured Division [+]
Three Division [+] 		Army [+]
Military [+] 		15 May 2013 [+]
322 Artillery Regiment [+] Nigeria [+] 322 Artillery Battalion [+]
322 Artillery Brigade [+]
322 BN [+]
322 Field Artillery Brigade [+]
322 Regiment [+] 		Army [+]
Military [+] 		13 June 2013 [+] 26 June 2013 [+]
72 Special Forces Battalion [+] Nigeria [+] 72 Army Battalion [+]
72 BN [+]
72 Battalion [+]
72 Para Battalion [+]
72 Para Bn [+]
72 Para-Battalion [+]
72 Special Battalion [+] 		Army [+]
Military [+]
75 Strike Group [+] Nigeria [+] 75 STG [+]
75 Strategic Tactical Group [+]
75 Strike Force [+]
Nigerian Airforce Strike Group [+] 		Air Force [+]
Military [+] 		15 May 2013 [+]
81 Division [+] Nigeria [+] 81st Division [+]
81st Division (Amphibious) [+] 		Army [+]
Military [+] 		16 May 2013 [+] August 2013 [+]
81 Division Garrison [+] Nigeria [+] Army [+]
Military [+] 		August 2013 [+]
82 Mechanised Battalion [+] Nigeria [+] 82 BN [+]
82 Battalion [+] 		Army [+]
Military [+] 		16 May 2013 [+]
9 Brigade [+] Nigeria [+] 9 Bde [+]
9 Division [+] 		Army [+]
Military [+] 		August 2013 [+]

Parent units

All units that have held a command position over this unit.
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Subsidiaries

Name Other Names Classification First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Civilian Joint Task Force [+] CJTF [+]
Civilian JTF [+]
Civilian-JTF [+] 		Civilian Joint Task Force (Irregulars) [+] July 2013 [+] August 2013 [+]

Personnel

Table showing personnel linked to this unit in command, administrative and other roles
Name Rank Role Official Title First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Fatai Oladipo Alli [+] Brigadier General [+] Operations Commander for Adamawa State [+] 22 May 2013 [+] 15 June 2013 [+]
Victor Ebhaleme [+] Colonel [+] Field Operations Commander [+] 14 May 2013 [+] 5 June 2013 [+]
John A. H. Ewansiha [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 14 May 2013 [+] August 2013 [+]
Ibrahim Ali [+] Colonel [+] Commander for Yobe State [+] 7 July 2013 [+]

Sources

List of all sources used to evidence the data in this record Click the "+" symbol next to every data point in the record to see the sources used for that data point.
Publication Date Publisher Publication Title Access Date Archive Link
01 July 2005 This Day Nigerian Soldiers Depart for Sudan
19 November 2006 Vanguard Militants to Army Chief - Your Men Worsened Hostilities in N-Delta
27 August 2007 Vanguard Country's Foreign Policy Under Yar'Adua
09 January 2008 Vanguard Defence Chief Declares 'Red Alert' in N-Delta
08 July 2008 This Day Soldiers' Protest - House Summons Defence Minister, Azazi
09 August 2008 This Day Security Beefed Up in Azazi's Country Home
12 March 2009 Vanguard FG Merges Military Forces in N-Delta
25 May 2011 Daily Champion Lagos - DPO, DCO Killed in Army, Police Clash
17 September 2011 Daily Trust Jos - Will Military Intervention Stop Bloodshed?
09 April 2013 This Day Amnesty Committee Mulls Conditions for Boko Haram
22 May 2013 Daily Trust Suspected Insurgents Arrested in Adamawa
21 May 2013 Daily Trust Two Hundred Troops Arrive Adamawa
16 June 2013 Daily Trust Army Relaxes Curfew in Adamawa
03 September 2013 Daily Trust Families of 12 Slain Soldiers Get N1 Million Each From Borno Govt
14 August 2015 Daily Independent Crush Boko Haram in Three Months, Buhari Orders Military Chiefs
30 August 2015 Daily Trust Defence Headquarters Upgrades Special Task Force in Plateau
09 June 2016 This Day Sambisa Forest Is Now Locked Down - Military
Nigerian Army Nigerian Army 1 Division.
19 August 2013 Daily Trust Insurgency - Army Creates New Division in North East
18 December 2015 Defence Headquarters NEW THEATRE COMMANDERS FOR OPERATION LAFIYA DOLE APPOINTED
21 October 2015 Defence Headquarters Profile of the Chief of Defence Staff
06 May 2015 The Guardian (Nigeria) Army begins trial of General, four others over loss of Baga
14 July 2016 International Centre for Investigative Reporting Nigerian Army Injects New Life Into Counter-Insurgency Operations
06 July 1994 Armed Forces Ruling Council Armed Forces Act Part III S.8(1)
20 August 2013 Leadership Boko Haram Leader, Shekau Feared Killed 02 August 2018
15 July 2015 News Agency of Nigeria 72 Battalion lost 28 soldiers to insurgency in 4 years -- Commander
31 August 2016 Reuters Operation Lafiya Dole
26 July 2013 Sahara Reporters Army "Corners" Boko Haram Leader, Shekau, In Borno Hills-Punch Newspaper
30 May 2017 The Sun (Nigeria) New Theatre Commander Ops LAFIYA DOLE, Gen Attahiru resumes
Training and Doctrine Command BRIEF BIOGRAPHY of MAJ GEN AG Olonisakin
Nigerian Air Force NAF Headquarters 21 July 2015
23 June 2016 Nigerian Army OPERATION PULO SHIELD IN NIGER DELTA SCRAPPED
19 January 2016 Channels Television Defence Minister Arrives Warri To Inspect Pipeline Explosion Site
04 September 2013 Daily Trust Army retires senior officer, redeploys others
12 December 2013 Daily Trust Promotion - Army Gets 27 New Major Generals, 75 Brigadiers
29 March 2014 Daily Trust I Left Owerri to Join Hunt for Boko Haram'
Nigerian Ministry of Defence About MOD.
17 May 2013 Leadership Emergency Rule - Economic Activities Grounded in Three States
19 February 2016 The Guardian (Nigeria) U.S. military trains Nigerian soldiers on counter-terrorism.
06 June 2013 Premium Times JTF records successes in Borno, environs — Commander
17 March 2016 Premium Times Army Names New Commander for Anti-Boko Haram Operation
02 May 2016 Premium Times Army Begins Large-Scale Operation in Sambisa Forests - Commander
27 July 2013 The Punch Army corners Boko Haram leader, Shekau, in Borno hills
16 May 2013 The Punch Hundreds of troops deployed in Adamawa, Borno, Yobe
21 May 2013 This Day Curfew Relaxed in Borno, Yobe as 200 Troops Storm Adamawa
16 November 2007 This Day Bakassi Killings: Nigerian Soldiers Not Involved, Azazi Insists
22 June 2011 Vanguard Bomb blast: NSA summons IGP…as police postpone meeting
14 September 2011 Vanguard Army, Airforce Move Into Jos
23 September 2011 Vanguard Security Beef-up in Lagos, Jos, Delta
11 January 2012 Vanguard FG approves new operational status for JTF
16 May 2013 Vanguard Soldiers storm Borno,Yobe, Adamawa
07 July 2013 Vanguard Boko Haram attacks curtailed in Yobe, says JTF Commander
18 August 2013 Vanguard Jonathan creates new army division, sends 8,000 troops after Boko Haram
03 September 2013 Vanguard Widows of slain soldiers receive N12m compensation
30 July 2015 Vanguard 95 generals moved in fresh Army shake-up
30 March 2016 Vanguard Army captures Alagarno, Boko Haram `spiritual power base’
2018 Routledge Counter-Insurgency in Nigeria: The Military and Operations against Boko Haram, 2011-2017 16 February 2018
18 September 2014 Amnesty International ‘Welcome to hell fire’: Torture and other ill-treatment in Nigeria
02 June 2015 Amnesty International Stars on their shoulders. Blood on their hands. War crimes committed by the Nigerian military
23 November 2016 Premium Times EXCLUSIVE: Nigerian Army officially declares 46 soldiers missing
16 February 2021 Premium Times Ex-Nigerian defence chief, Olonisakin pulls out of army 16 November 2021
29 January 2021 TheCable PHOTOS: Olonisakin, chief of air staff hand over to their successors 16 November 2021
06 October 2020 This Day Preparing Military Personnel for Post-service Life 22 October 2020
30 January 2021 Vanguard What you didn’t know about new Service Chiefs 23 November 2021