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Also known as: 9 Bde| 9 Division [+]

Country: Nigeria [+]

Classified as: Army  Military [+]

Areas of operation


Area of Operation First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Agege [+] 25 October 2020 [+]
Kosofe [+] 25 October 2020 [+]
Mushin [+] 25 October 2020 [+]
Oshodi/Isolo [+] 25 October 2020 [+]
Ikeja [+] 1 December 2019 [+] 25 October 2020 [+]
Lagos [+] November 2017 [+] 25 October 2020 [+]
Maiduguri [+] August 2013 [+]

Sites


Site First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Baga [+] 3 March 2020 [+]
Maiduguri [+] August 2013 [+]
Ikeja [+] 19 January 1999 [+] 25 October 2020 [+]

Memberships

Multi-unit organizations that this unit is part of
Name Country Other Names Classification First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Operation BOYONA [+] Nigeria [+] JTF [+]
JTF's Operation Boyona [+]
Joint Task Force [+] 		Army [+]
Joint Task Force [+]
Military [+]
Police [+]
State Security Service (Internal Security) [+] 		August 2013 [+]
Operation Lafiya Dole [+] Nigeria [+] OPLD [+]
Operation Lafia Dole [+]
Operation Zaman Lafiya Dole [+] 		Army [+]
Joint Task Force [+]
Military [+]
Police [+]
State Security Service (Internal Security) [+] 		3 March 2020 [+]

Parent units

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Subsidiaries

Name Other Names Classification First Cited Date Last Cited Date
149 Battalion [+] 419 battalion [+] Army [+]
Military [+] 		7 February 2017 [+] 1 December 2019 [+]
174 Battalion [+] 174 Bn [+]
174 Mechanised Battalion [+] 		Army [+]
Military [+] 		30 January 2007 [+] 30 July 2020 [+]
65 Battalion [+] 65 BN [+] Army [+]
Military [+] 		10 July 2016 [+] 19 September 2016 [+]
9 Brigade Garrison [+] Garrison [+] Army [+]
Military [+] 		14 October 2017 [+] 1 December 2019 [+]

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
Patrick Akem [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 2 January 2013 [+]
Olaolu Daudu [+] Captain [+] Spokesman [+] 5 March 2010 [+]
Lader Saraso [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 29 April 2021 [+]
Am Sabo [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 26 March 2015 [+]
Elias Attu [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 25 April 2017 [+]
Adeniyi Oyabade [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 14 April 2013 [+] 10 December 2013 [+]
Adeniyi Oyabade [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 11 December 2013 [+]
David Lubo [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 3 September 2014 [+] 13 January 2015 [+]
Olusola Diya [+] Colonel [+] Chief of Staff [+] 30 July 2018 [+]
Abdulmalik Bulama Biu [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 8 January 2016 [+]
Bright Ateke Fiboinumama [+] None None 2007 [+] 2008 [+]
AB Maitama [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 30 January 2007 [+]
Ohifeme Ejemai [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 27 December 2013 [+] 8 February 2014 [+]
Sale Kawugana [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 12 March 2021 [+] 28 April 2021 [+]
Musa Etsu Ndagi [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 22 April 2020 [+] 5 November 2020 [+]
Nasiru Jega [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 10 June 2019 [+]
J.K. Enai [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 13 October 2005 [+]
A.S. Maikoba [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 2 July 2014 [+]
Sanusi Nasir Muazu [+] None Commander [+]
Moundhey Ali [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 30 July 2018 [+]

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
17 October 2012 Jane's World Armies “Nigeria
11 April 2017 Security Force Monitor This unit is a placeholder to represent the hierarchical structure of this branch of the security service, based on the Security Force Monitor's research, as the Monitor does not currently have a source for a parent relationship to a specific, named unit
20 January 1999 Tempo The Wasting Of Nigerian Soldiers
02 October 2000 Vanguard Obasanjo Okays New Army Division For Benin
19 January 2004 This Day Agwai Tasks Army On Professionalism
12 August 2006 Daily Champion 680 Nigerian Soldiers Leave for Sudan
14 October 2005 This Day Ojuelegba Fracas: Police Put Losses At N3
30 January 2007 Daily Champion Ihejirika Lauds Joint Police/Military Operations in Lagos
21 March 2007 Daily Champion OBJ Presents 64 New Colours to Army
10 January 2009 Vanguard Shake-Up in Army
17 September 2009 This Day Soldiers Nab Vandals at Atlas Cove Depot
25 September 2010 Daily Champion Jonathan Sacks GOCs, Redeploys Others
27 September 2010 Daily Trust Sacked GOCs Get New Posts
25 September 2010 Leadership Jonathan Sacks GOCs
07 February 2011 This Day Army Will Tackle Security Lapses
27 June 2011 Daily Independent Army Dismisses Soldier for Violating BRT Rule
08 February 2012 The Moment Army Withdraws Troops From Lagos Security Outfit
16 March 2012 Daily Trust Failing State, Fading Peacekeepers
18 August 2012 Leadership Ihejirika Heads for Defence, as Jonathan Shops for New Coas
05 October 2012 This Day Jonathan Names New CDS, Service Chiefs
21 November 2012 Daily Trust Crime - Army to Deploy Soldiers to Ogun
03 January 2013 Daily Trust Gen. Minimah May Become Army Chief - More Retirements Coming
28 January 2013 Daily Trust Army Redeploys Minimah, Others
03 June 2013 Vanguard Army, NDLEA Arrest 47 Drug Suspects in Lagos
12 June 2013 Daily Trust 700 Troops Tasked on Deployment to Liberia
30 July 2013 This Day Boko Haram - 42 Suspects Arrested in Lagos, Ogun
19 October 2013 This Day Nigeria, UK, U
30 November 2013 This Day 2015 - Army Prepares Agaist Violence
28 December 2013 This Day In Major Shake-Up, Army Redeploys Senior Officers
01 January 2014 Daily Trust Army Investigates Alleged Killing of Bus Driver By Soldier
23 July 2014 This Day War On Terror Is Not a Day's Fight, Says Army Chief
06 November 2014 Daily Independent Commends Nigerian Army's Professionalism
23 December 2014 Daily Trust Army Begins Court Martial of 15 Senior Officers
21 May 2015 Leadership Boko Haram - 600 Soldiers Face Court Martial in Lagos, Abuja
18 August 2015 Daily Trust GOC Warns Soldiers Against Harassing Civilians
16 November 2015 Daily Trust Army Ready to Quell Pro-Biafra Protests - GOC
19 January 2016 This Day 800 Peacekeeping Nigerian Soldiers Return From Dafur
26 January 2016 Leadership Goc 81 Division Commends Pioneer Teachers, Ex-Pupils As School Turns 50
21 February 2016 Daily Trust Army Seeks Better Media-Military Engagement
Nigerian Army LT GEN OA IHEJIRIKA
Nigerian Army Nigerian Army | 81 Division
04 September 2014 Daily Independent We Will Reduce Crime in 'Ember' Months, Police Assure Lagosians
27 March 2015 Daily Independent Polls - IG Redeploys Six DIGs, 11 Others
02 May 2016 The Guardian (Nigeria) Keep Your Home Intact, Be Prayerful, Army Officer's Wives Urged
19 September 2013 Leadership FG Deploys Soldiers in Nasarawa
09 May 2013 Leadership NSCIA to Boko Haram - Stop Spilling Blood
11 August 2015 Leadership ‘We Arrested Many Boko Haram Suspects In Lagos’
19 August 2015 News Agency of Nigeria Guards Brigade partners NSCDC on security in FCT
20 May 2015 Sahara Reporters Nigerian Army: No Longer Business As Usual With Buhari In Charge By Abiodun Ladepo
23 July 2019 Sahara Reporters Nigerian General Urges Soldiers Not To Dent Image Of Country's Army 21 October 2020
28 August 2017 The Sun (Nigeria) Guards Brigade holds inter-Unit competition for barracks children
07 February 2014 The Sun (Nigeria) Army moves against terrorism in Lagos
09 February 2014 The Nation (Nigeria) Lagos warns perpetrators of gang wars
Training and Doctrine Command BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF BRIG GEN BA FIBOINUMAMA
06 October 2017 Nigerian Army 81 Division
26 October 2006 Council on Foreign Relations Modern Military Force Structures
12 December 2013 Daily Trust Promotion - Army Gets 27 New Major Generals, 75 Brigadiers
Nigerian Army Peacekeeping Centre OFFICE OF THE COMMANDANT
08 January 2016 The Guardian (Nigeria) Pray for troops in battlefield, says Nigerian Army
16 May 2013 The Punch Hundreds of troops deployed in Adamawa, Borno, Yobe
31 March 2014 This Day A Hero's Welcome for Ihejirika
13 February 2014 This Day Army, Navy Redeploy Senior Officers
23 February 2014 This Day Boko Haram - Army Places Officers On High Alert in Lagos
02 July 2014 This Day Bomber Kills 17 in Maiduguri Market, Explosion Hits Kaduna
03 January 2013 This Day Security - Police Commissioner Seeks Residents Support
28 September 2013 This Day Terrorism... Shopping Malls, Tank Farms Under Surveillance 02 August 2018
02 March 2015 This Day The Return of Lagos Gang War
05 March 2010 Vanguard Escapades of a fake Group Captain In Lagos
18 January 2013 Vanguard How the Army Hopes to Overcome Terrorism and Kidnapping
15 April 2013 Vanguard Soldiers Rescue Kidnap Victim, Arrest Suspect in Lagos
03 September 2013 Vanguard Widows of slain soldiers receive N12m compensation
05 November 2013 Vanguard NDLEA, Army Raid Lagos Again, Recover 680
20 March 2014 Vanguard Nigeria sends 700 soldiers to maintain peace in Liberia
04 April 2014 Vanguard Boko Haram Attacks Possible in Ogun - Army Chief
22 July 2014 Vanguard Army Launches New Counter-Terrorism Measures
13 January 2015 Vanguard Mutiny - Fashola Pleads for 54 Convicted Soldiers
June 1991 Federal Research Division, Library of Congress Nigeria: A Country Study
06 August 2020 Lagos State Government GOV. SANWO-OLU RECEIVES NEW GOC 81 DIVISION OF THE NIGERIAN ARMY, MAJOR-GENERAL GODWIN UMELO AT LAGOS HOUSE, MARINA, ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 2020 16 November 2021
26 September 2020 Lagos State Government NIGERIA@60: LAGOS DEPUTY GOVERNOR CALLS FOR PEACEFUL CO-EXISTENCE AMOMG CITIZENS 22 October 2020
10 June 2019 National Daily Training, bedrock of military profession – Gen Yusuf 21 October 2020
25 October 2020 National Wire #EndSARS# Commander, 9 Brigade Visits Lagos Area, Appeals To Youths, Communities 25 October 2020
12 March 2021 National Wire “My Doors Are Opened For New Ideas – Gen Fejokwu Assures PSOs, Commanders 16 November 2021
08 November 2020 Nigeriana #EndSARS: Gov. Sanwo-Olu Called Me To Say Col Bello Was Shooting At Lekki, Gen Tells Lagos Judicial Panel 23 November 2021
24 January 2018 News Agency of Nigeria Army’s 6 Division gets new GOC 22 October 2020
06 August 2018 The Punch Nigerian Army, 6 Division, gets new GOC 22 October 2020
29 April 2021 Rota Media News Brig. Gen. Sale Kawugana Transfer Leadership, As 9 Brigade Welcomes New Commander 17 November 2021
17 October 2017 The Nation (Nigeria) Crocodile Smile II: 40 suspects arrested by the Army in Lagos, Ogun 24 October 2020
30 July 2018 Daily Trust Army test officers’ proficiency in handling of weapons, military drills 18 September 2018
23 July 2015 Daily Trust Army appoints new guard’s brigade commander
04 February 2017 Daily Trust 6 Div Commander resumes duty in Port Harcourt
25 April 2017 Daily Trust Army tests soldiers’ proficiency in weapons handling, military drills
10 July 2016 Daily Trust Day Corporal Camel thrilled officers, families
26 May 2010 P.M. News 81 Division Begins Combat Readiness Competition 21 October 2020
23 March 2021 Premium Times Nigerian army cautions personnel on ‘unauthorised’ social media posts 16 November 2021
01 December 2019 News Agency of Nigeria Crocodile Smile IV: Army conducts environmental sanitation in Lagos community 24 October 2020
27 April 2016 Pulse Nigeria GOC 81 Div. tasks Badagry residents on peaceful coexistence 21 October 2020
30 July 2020 Radio Nigeria Army improves security at Ikorodu 21 October 2020
03 October 2020 Radio Nigeria Army Chief advocates compliance to military tradition 22 October 2020
15 March 2021 The Sun (Nigeria) GOC tasks soldiers on loyalty 16 November 2021
30 April 2015 Vanguard Chief of Army Staff vows military will end insurgency
19 September 2016 Vanguard Soldier arrested over stray bullet incident 21 October 2020
13 February 2017 Vanguard Domestic, sexual violence: Lagos takes advocacy to army officers 21 October 2020
10 November 2017 Vanguard Internal security: Army conducts exercise ‘Agbara Opolo’ in Lagos 22 October 2020
21 April 2018 Vanguard 23 cultists, 15 vandals in trouble 26 August 2018
31 May 2018 Vanguard Army intercepts three trucks loaded with over 300,000 pump action cartridges 08 August 2018
03 March 2020 News Agency of Nigeria More Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists surrender in NE – Army 24 October 2020
22 April 2020 Vanguard COVID 19: GOC commissions waterpoint at 9 Brigade barracks 21 October 2020
22 July 2020 Vanguard New GOC takes over 81 DIV, charges officers, soldiers to work harder 21 October 2020
21 November 2020 Vanguard #EndSARS: Gen Taiwo confirms soldiers at Lekki Tollgate had live ammunition, but… 23 November 2021
14 March 2021 Vanguard 81 Div Nigerian Army gets new GOC 16 November 2021