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Also known as: Asa Military Base of 14 Brigade [+]

Country: Nigeria [+]

Classified as: Army  Military [+]

Areas of operation


Area of Operation First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Madagali [+] 25 February 2020 [+]
Aba North [+] 25 June 2015 [+] 12 November 2017 [+]
Aba South [+] 25 June 2015 [+] 12 November 2017 [+]
Osisioma Ngwa [+] 25 July 2014 [+]
Mobbar [+] 16 October 2016 [+]

Sites


Site First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Aba [+] 25 July 2014 [+] 23 May 2017 [+]
Asa [+] 24 July 2012 [+] 20 November 2016 [+]
Gashigar [+] 16 October 2016 [+]

Memberships

Multi-unit organizations that this unit is part of
Name Country Other Names Classification First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Operation Gama Aiki [+] Nigeria [+] Army [+]
Joint Task Force [+]
Military [+] 		16 October 2016 [+]
Operation Lafiya Dole [+] Nigeria [+] OPLD [+]
Operation Lafia Dole [+]
Operation Zaman Lafiya Dole [+] 		Army [+]
Joint Task Force [+]
Military [+]
Police [+]
State Security Service (Internal Security) [+] 		25 February 2020 [+]

Parent units

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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
Tamuno Tonye Minimah [+] Lieutenant Colonel [+] Commander [+] 23 July 2012 [+]
Noah Shigaba [+] Second Lieutenant [+] None 29 January 2016 [+]
Kasim Umar Sidi [+] Lieutenant Colonel [+] Commander [+] 4 November 2015 [+] 19 December 2016 [+]
Omolori Rasheed [+] Lieutenant Colonel [+] Commander [+] 20 January 2015 [+]

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
08 February 2011 Daily Champion Orji Hails Jonathan for Establishing Military Base in Abia
12 April 2011 Leadership President Jonathan Commissions Ohafia Barracks
12 July 2011 Daily Trust Bomb Blast - Army Urged to Be On Alert
23 January 2012 Daily Trust JTF Destroys 6,000 Illegal Refineries
29 February 2012 Vanguard Ojukwu Grounds South-East
04 March 2012 Leadership We Want to See Our Son's Corpse'
24 July 2012 This Day Abia, Nigerian Army Tackle Vandalism of Shell's Facilities
15 September 2012 This Day Pipeline Vandals Are Enemies of Nigerian State
15 August 2014 This Day NFCT Conducts Internal Security Counter-Terrorism Exercise
18 February 2016 Leadership Army Relocates Tactical Headquarters to Aba
24 June 2015 News Agency of Nigeria Guards Brigade trains personnel on post-retirement life
23 May 2017 The Sun (Nigeria) Biafra anniversary: MASSOB grounds Onitsha, Owerri, Aba, others
29 January 2016 The Nation (Nigeria) A prize for keeping fit
13 November 2017 The Nation (Nigeria) Army arrests IPOB members with anti Anambra election flyers 25 August 2018
24 August 2014 The Nation (Nigeria) Boko Haram: Verbal attacks on soldiers unpatriotic- Orji
04 February 2016 The Nation (Nigeria) Ex-commander seeks support for successor
27 November 2014 The Nation (Nigeria) Nigerian Army commemorates AIDS day
06 December 2014 The Nation (Nigeria) Pastor, evangelist, 13 other suspected child traffickers paraded in Anambra
26 January 2015 The Nation (Nigeria) Two teenagers delivered of babies in custody
30 December 2016 The Nation (Nigeria) ‘We’ll make Aba hot for criminals’
08 April 2016 Voice of Nigeria Nigerian Army ends inter-brigade competition
19 July 2016 Champion Newspapers Brigade commander denies capture of Bakassi, Akpabuyo LGAs
17 July 2011 Daily Trust Two Brigade Wins WO-SNCO Army Competition
08 June 2016 Premium Times Special Report - Inside the Massive Extrajudicial Killings in Nigeria's South-East
13 February 2014 This Day Army, Navy Redeploy Senior Officers
09 June 2012 Vanguard War Against Crime - Orji Donates 25 Vehicles to Soldiers
26 February 2013 Vanguard Abia House tasks security agencies on kidnapping, child trafficking
29 April 2013 Vanguard Crude Theft - JTF Nabs 76
17 June 2014 Vanguard 486 suspected terrorists arrested in Abia
20 January 2015 Vanguard Soldiers Rescue 14 Pregnant Teenagers, Eight Children in Abia
01 August 2017 Vanguard Army begins fitness competition in C-River
19 March 2017 Channels Television Police Commit To Tackling Herdsmen Crises In Abia
23 July 2015 Daily Trust Army appoints new guard’s brigade commander
11 September 2017 Daily Trust Army deny attack on IPOB leader Kanu’s home
23 November 2016 Premium Times EXCLUSIVE: Nigerian Army officially declares 46 soldiers missing
12 April 2016 This Day Ikpeazu, Okorocha Allege Kidnappers Killed Fulani Herdsmen
16 October 2017 This Day Army Wraps up Military Exercise in South-east
16 February 2013 Vanguard Allegations of Ethnic Considerations in Retirements, Postings, Re-Deployment, Recruitment in the Army
25 July 2014 Vanguard Soldiers destroy kidnappers’ camp in Aba
26 June 2015 Vanguard Soldiers, policemen in free-for-all over uniform
04 November 2015 Vanguard End of road for one chance swindlers in Aba
13 April 2016 Vanguard Army Brigade Garrison bursts kidnapping syndicate in Abia
17 September 2016 Vanguard Soldiers seize truck with 50,000 litres of stolen crude in Abia
01 August 2017 Vanguard Army begins fitness competition in C-River 31 July 2018
13 September 2017 Vanguard Ops Python Dance 2: GOC 82 Div tours IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu’s home town
03 March 2020 News Agency of Nigeria More Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists surrender in NE – Army 24 October 2020