Also known as: 82nd Division (Airborne and Amphibious)| Composite Division| Eighty second (Airborne) Division
Area of Operation | First Cited Date | Last Cited Date |
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Bayelsa | 31 January 2011 | 29 May 2016 |
Taraba | 31 January 2011 | 25 May 2017 |
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 |
Name | Other Names | Classification | First Cited Date | Last Cited Date |
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Unknown Brigade of 82 Division | Placeholder | 1 February 2002 | 24 January 2017 | |
82 Division Garrison |
Army
Military |
2 October 2009 | 16 October 2017 | |
72 Special Forces Battalion |
72 Army Battalion
72 Battalion 72 BN 72 Para Battalion 72 Para-Battalion 72 Para Bn 72 Special Battalion |
Army
Military |
2 October 2009 | 30 January 2017 |
54 Division Signals | 54 Div. Signals |
Army
Military |
12 July 2011 | 17 July 2011 |
44 Division Engineers |
44 Div. engineers
44 Division Engineer 44 Engineer Brigade |
Army
Military |
12 July 2011 | 16 October 2017 |
34 Field Artillery Brigade |
34 AB
34 Artillery Brigade 34 Artillery Owerri 34 Brigade 34 FAB |
Army
Military |
13 October 2004 | 16 October 2017 |
245 Reconnaissance Battalion |
245 Battalion
245 Recce Bn |
Army
Military |
19 May 2011 | |
2 Amphibious Brigade |
2 Brigade
Second Brigade |
Army
Military |
17 October 2007 | 4 September 2016 |
14 Brigade | 14th Brigade |
Army
Military |
12 July 2011 | 16 October 2017 |
13 Amphibious Brigade |
13 Brigade
13 Infantry Brigade 13 Motorised Brigade 3 Amphibious Brigade |
Army
Military |
16 October 2007 | 31 July 2017 |
Name | Rank | Role | Title | First Cited Date | Last Cited Date |
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Sunday Idoko | Major General | Commander | General Officer Commanding | 4 September 2011 | 14 February 2012 |
SU Atawodi | Major General | Commander | 10 July 2006 | ||
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 | ||
Rafiu Adeshina | Major General | Commander | 27 April 2004 | ||
R Adeshina | Major General | Commander | 2004 | 3 September 2004 | |
Oluwaseun Olayinka Oshinowo | Major General | Commander | General Officer Commanding | 15 February 2012 | 2013 |
Mohammad Danhanne Issa | Major General | Commander | General Officer Commanding | 9 January 2009 | 23 September 2010 |
M. M. Yerima | Major | Army Public Relations Officer | Assistant Director Army Public Relations | 22 August 2003 | |
Ibrahim Attahiru | Major General | Commander | General Officer Commanding | 15 January 2016 | 18 November 2016 |
Ibrahim Attahiru | Brigadier General | Commander | Acting General Officer Commanding | 29 July 2015 | 9 December 2015 |
H.M. Hussani | Colonel | Commander | General Officer Commanding | 4 June 2007 | |
Bashiru Jinadu | Major General | Commander | 2003 | 2004 | |
Austin Ogbe | Brigadier General | Commander, 82 Division, Nigerian Army Medical Services | 9 December 2015 | ||
Adeniyi Sangotade | Major General | Commander | General Officer Commanding | 4 June 2002 | |
Adebayor Olanniyi | Major General | Commander | General Officer Commanding | 11 March 2013 | 4 January 2014 |
Adamu T. Ibrahim | Major General | Commander | General Officer Commanding | 31 July 2007 | 17 October 2007 |
Adamu Baba Abubakar | Major General | Commander | General Officer Commanding | 25 December 2016 | 15 October 2017 |
Adamu Abubakar | Major General | Commander | General Officer Commanding | 31 July 2017 | |
Abdul Hafeez Adewuyi | Major General | Commander | General Officer Commanding | 3 September 2004 | 9 July 2006 |
A. Adefarati | Brigadier General | Chief of Staff | 24 March 2015 |