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302 Field Artillery Regiment [+] Print this page

Also known as: 302 Artillery General Support Regiment| 302 Artillery Regiment| 302 Military Regiment [+]

Country: Nigeria [+]

Classified as: Army  Military [+]

Areas of operation


Area of Operation First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Onitsha South [+] 18 December 2015 [+]

Sites


Site First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Awka [+] 7 December 2016 [+]
Onitsha [+] 17 September 2001 [+] 24 January 2017 [+]

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Personnel

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Name Rank Role Official Title First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Idongesit Akpan [+] Colonel [+] Commander [+] 10 February 2017 [+]
I. B. Maigari [+] Colonel [+] Commander [+] 16 September 2001 [+]
Umar [+] Captain [+] None 18 December 2015 [+]
Isaa Abdulahi [+] Colonel [+] Commander [+] 17 March 2016 [+] 6 December 2016 [+]
Mohammed Bello [+] Colonel [+] Commander [+] 24 December 2014 [+] 10 April 2015 [+]

Incidents

Incident on 17 December 2015 [+]

According to Amnesty International: "A CELEBRATION TERMINATED: FIVE PROTESTERS KILLED AND 20 INJURED IN ONITSHA - On 17 December 2015, soldiers of the 302 Artillery Regiment based in Onitsha killed five and injured at least 20 people, at Head Bridge, Onitsha. Amnesty International interviewed 15 people, including 11 people who … [+]

Sources

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Publication Date Publisher Publication Title Access Date Archive Link
17 September 2001 This Day Aftermath of Jos Riot, 5 Killed in Onitsha
01 February 2002 News Army Grant Pass to Soldiers
04 June 2002 This Day Ogomudia Commissions Retired Soldiers' Houses
22 August 2003 This Day Soldier Dismissed for Dubious Enlistment
23 October 2003 Vanguard Soldiers On Rampage in Ogoja, Vandalise Vehicles, Raze Building
27 April 2004 Daily Trust Military Re-Affirms Support for Democracy
24 February 2006 This Day Onitsha: the Aftermath
05 September 2007 Daily Champion Stop Molesting Civilians - GOC Orders Soldiers
02 October 2009 Vanguard We'll Checkmate Militants' Activities, Says Army Boss
23 June 2010 Daily Champion Army Commends Corper for Erecting Mascot
25 January 2012 Vanguard 10 Die in Ebonyi Gun Duel
16 March 2012 Daily Trust Failing State, Fading Peacekeepers
16 August 2012 Daily Trust Army Chief - We Must Stamp Out Terrorism
16 August 2012 Daily Trust Our Anti-Terror Efforts Are Paying Off - Ihejirika
26 August 2012 Daily Trust COAS Commissions Project At Enugu 103 Battalion
08 April 2015 Daily Independent Controversy That Trailed Reps' Election in Enugu
29 November 2015 This Day Burutai - Watch Out for Boko Haram Infiltrators Outside North-East
24 December 2014 Daily Independent Commander Tasks Soldiers' Wives to Acquire Skills
Defence Health Maintenance LTD Military Healthcare Facilities under DHML. 20 April 2016
22 February 2016 National Emergency Management Agency South East Zonal Coordinator Pays Courtesy Visit to 103 Battalion Nigerian Army
20 May 2015 Sahara Reporters Nigerian Army: No Longer Business As Usual With Buhari In Charge By Abiodun Ladepo
10 April 2015 Anambra Broadcasting Service Multiple projects commissioned at the 302 Field Artillery Regiment/General support, Nigerian Army, Onitsha
26 October 2006 Council on Foreign Relations Modern Military Force Structures
13 February 2017 Champion Newspapers GOC urges stakeholders to end perennial communal clashes in A’ibom, Cross River states
18 November 2016 Champion Newspapers ‘We’ll vote Obiano for sacking kidnappers, assassins out of Anambra’
18 November 2012 Daily Trust Combating the Rot in Army Barracks - the 82 Division Angle
21 March 2013 The Punch Army chief sues for peace in Onitsha
26 January 2012 This Day Soldier, 7 Robbery Suspects Killed in Ebonyi
31 January 2011 Vanguard Army Puts Men On Alert Over Rise in Kidnapping, Terrorism, Armed Robbery
07 January 2012 Vanguard Army assures S-East, S- South citizens of safety
16 February 2012 Vanguard Boko Haram - Massive Shake-Up in the Army
24 November 2016 Amnesty International Nigeria: 'Bullets Were Flying Everywhere' - Deadly Repression of Pro-Biafra Activists 27 September 2018
27 March 2015 Channels Television Police On Alert To Ensure Peaceful Election In Anambra – CP
18 December 2015 Channels Television Three Feared Dead In Soldiers-Pro-Biafra Fracas
06 December 2016 Channels Television Army Begins Inspection Of Exercise Python Dance Checkpoints
13 April 2017 Channels Television Obiano Receives Army Committee On Human Rights Violation
13 December 2017 OpenStreetMap Way: Niger Bridge (26270156)
06 January 2014 Premium Times Oil theft in Cross River, Akwa Ibom has reduced – Army commande
04 September 2016 This Day Military in Show of Force, Deploys More Air Force Personnel in N/Delta
11 September 2017 This Day Army Reconciles Warring Communities in Cross River, Ebonyi States
18 March 2016 Vanguard Buratai visits Onitsha, tasks army on professionalism
07 December 2016 Vanguard IPOB dares Army, launches Operation David Dance
24 January 2017 Vanguard Don’t allow breakdown of law and order — GOC
15 February 2017 Vanguard Physically challenged visits Onitsha Military cantonment, reconciles with Army
01 August 2017 Vanguard Army begins fitness competition in C-River 31 July 2018