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Also known as: 82nd Division (Airborne and Amphibious)| Composite Division| Eighty second (Airborne) Division [+]

Country: Nigeria [+]

Classified as: Army  Military [+]

Areas of operation

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Area of Operation First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Taraba [+] 31 January 2011 [+] 25 May 2017 [+]
Bayelsa [+] 31 January 2011 [+] 29 May 2016 [+]
Abia [+] 13 June 2009 [+] 13 September 2017 [+]
Akwa Ibom [+] 17 October 2007 [+] 13 February 2017 [+]
Imo [+] 13 October 2004 [+] 11 September 2017 [+]
Benue [+] 14 May 2004 [+] March 2016 [+]
Rivers [+] 27 April 2004 [+] 4 September 2016 [+]
Anambra [+] 20 March 2004 [+] 11 September 2017 [+]
Enugu [+] 7 December 2002 [+] 11 September 2017 [+]
Cross River [+] 4 June 2002 [+] 11 September 2017 [+]
Ebonyi [+] 9 December 2000 [+] 11 September 2017 [+]

Sites

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Site First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Enugu [+] June 1991 [+] 31 July 2017 [+]

Parent units

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Subsidiaries

Name Other Names Classification First Cited Date Last Cited Date
13 Amphibious Brigade [+] 13 Brigade [+]
13 Infantry Brigade [+]
13 Motorised Brigade [+]
3 Amphibious Brigade [+] 		Army [+]
Military [+] 		16 October 2007 [+] 31 July 2017 [+]
14 Brigade [+] 14th Brigade [+] Army [+]
Military [+] 		12 July 2011 [+] 16 October 2017 [+]
2 Amphibious Brigade [+] 2 Brigade [+]
Second Brigade [+] 		Army [+]
Military [+] 		17 October 2007 [+] 4 September 2016 [+]
245 Reconnaissance Battalion [+] 245 Battalion [+]
245 Recce Bn [+] 		Army [+]
Military [+] 		19 May 2011 [+]
34 Field Artillery Brigade [+] 34 AB [+]
34 Artillery Brigade [+]
34 Artillery Owerri [+]
34 Brigade [+]
34 FAB [+] 		Army [+]
Military [+] 		13 October 2004 [+] 16 October 2017 [+]
44 Division Engineers [+] 44 Div. engineers [+]
44 Division Engineer [+]
44 Engineer Brigade [+] 		Army [+]
Military [+] 		12 July 2011 [+] 16 October 2017 [+]
54 Division Signals [+] 54 Div. Signals [+] Army [+]
Military [+] 		12 July 2011 [+] 17 July 2011 [+]
72 Special Forces Battalion [+] 72 Army Battalion [+]
72 BN [+]
72 Battalion [+]
72 Para Battalion [+]
72 Para Bn [+]
72 Para-Battalion [+]
72 Special Battalion [+] 		Army [+]
Military [+] 		2 October 2009 [+] 30 January 2017 [+]
82 Division Garrison [+] Army [+]
Military [+] 		2 October 2009 [+] 16 October 2017 [+]
Unknown Brigade of 82 Division [+] Army [+]
Military [+]
Placeholder [+] 		1 February 2002 [+] 24 January 2017 [+]

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
SU Atawodi [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 10 July 2006 [+]
Bashiru Jinadu [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 2003 [+] 2004 [+]
Mohammad Danhanne Issa [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] General Officer Commanding [+] 9 January 2009 [+] 23 September 2010 [+]
R Adeshina [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 2004 [+] 3 September 2004 [+]
Shehu Yusuf [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] General Officer Commanding [+] 13 February 2014 [+] 28 July 2015 [+]
Sakin-Yaki Bello [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] General Officer Commanding [+] 24 September 2010 [+] 3 September 2011 [+]
Sagir Musa [+] Colonel [+] Spokesman [+] 15 October 2017 [+]
Adebayor Olanniyi [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] General Officer Commanding [+] 11 March 2013 [+] 4 January 2014 [+]
Sunday Idoko [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] General Officer Commanding [+] 4 September 2011 [+] 14 February 2012 [+]
Ibrahim Attahiru [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] Acting General Officer Commanding [+] 29 July 2015 [+] 9 December 2015 [+]
Ibrahim Attahiru [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] General Officer Commanding [+] 15 January 2016 [+] 18 November 2016 [+]
Adeniyi Sangotade [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] General Officer Commanding [+] 4 June 2002 [+]
Rafiu Adeshina [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 27 April 2004 [+]
Abdul Hafeez Adewuyi [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] General Officer Commanding [+] 3 September 2004 [+] 9 July 2006 [+]
M. M. Yerima [+] Major [+] Army Public Relations Officer [+] Assistant Director Army Public Relations [+] 22 August 2003 [+]
Adamu T. Ibrahim [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] General Officer Commanding [+] 31 July 2007 [+] 17 October 2007 [+]
Adamu Abubakar [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] General Officer Commanding [+] 31 July 2017 [+]
H.M. Hussani [+] Colonel [+] Commander [+] General Officer Commanding [+] 4 June 2007 [+]
Austin Ogbe [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander, 82 Division, Nigerian Army Medical Services [+] 9 December 2015 [+]
Oluwaseun Olayinka Oshinowo [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] General Officer Commanding [+] 15 February 2012 [+] 2013 [+]
A. Adefarati [+] Brigadier General [+] Chief of Staff [+] 24 March 2015 [+]
Adamu Baba Abubakar [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] General Officer Commanding [+] 25 December 2016 [+] 15 October 2017 [+]

Sources

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