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192 Battalion [+] Print this page

Also known as: 192 Motorised Battalion [+]

Country: Nigeria [+]

Classified as: Army  Military [+]

Areas of operation


Area of Operation First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Gwoza [+] 1 March 2020 [+]
Gwoza [+] 26 June 2016 [+]
Shani [+] 8 May 2016 [+]
Ado Odo/Ota [+] 15 April 2013 [+]

Sites


Site First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Gwoza [+] 1 March 2020 [+]
Owode [+] 19 January 1999 [+] 25 June 2016 [+]

Memberships

Multi-unit organizations that this unit is part of
Name Country Other Names Classification First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Military Observer Group [+] Nigeria [+] ECOMOG [+] Peacekeeping [+] 1999 [+]
Operation Lafiya Dole [+] Nigeria [+] OPLD [+]
Operation Lafia Dole [+]
Operation Zaman Lafiya Dole [+] 		Army [+]
Joint Task Force [+]
Military [+]
Police [+]
State Security Service (Internal Security) [+] 		January 2016 [+]
Operation Lafiya Dole [+] Nigeria [+] OPLD [+]
Operation Lafia Dole [+]
Operation Zaman Lafiya Dole [+] 		Army [+]
Joint Task Force [+]
Military [+]
Police [+]
State Security Service (Internal Security) [+] 		1 March 2020 [+]
United Nations Mission in Liberia [+] Philippines [+] UNMIL [+] Peacekeeping [+] 21 March 2014 [+]
African Union/United Nations Hybrid operation in Darfur [+] Sudan [+] African Union/UN Hybrid operation in Darfur [+]
L’UNAMID/Darfour [+]
UNAMID [+] 		Peacekeeping [+] 2013 [+]

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Personnel

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Name Rank Role Official Title First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Ila Matins [+] Lieutenant Colonel [+] Commander [+] 27 April 2005 [+]
Mohammed Ahmed [+] Lieutenant Colonel [+] Commander [+] 15 April 2013 [+] 20 March 2014 [+]

Sources

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Publication Date Publisher Publication Title Access Date Archive Link
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
27 April 2005 Daily Champion Bomb Blast: Daniel Sets Up Five-Man Panel
30 January 2007 Daily Champion Ihejirika Lauds Joint Police/Military Operations in Lagos
12 August 2011 Daily Trust Robbers Kill ASP, Three Others in Ogun
21 March 2014 Daily Trust Nigerian Troops Leave for Peace Keeping in Liberia
14 May 2016 Daily Trust Boko Haram Attack Troops Camp
27 June 2016 The Guardian (Nigeria) Military kills 10 terrorists, rescues 5,000 hostages in Borno
14 July 2016 International Centre for Investigative Reporting Nigerian Army Injects New Life Into Counter-Insurgency Operations
28 February 2013 News Agency of Nigeria Army denies killing Nasarawa students
11 June 2015 News Agency of Nigeria Minimah visits Borno, Adamawa to boost morale of troops
08 March 2016 The Nation (Nigeria) Army troops repel Boko Haram
26 June 2016 Nigerian Army Update on Operation Lafiya Dole: Troops Carry out Several Clearence Patrols
06 March 2016 Daily Trust Troops clear Boko Haram in Doksa, Dure
18 January 2015 Daily Trust Mass Sack - Panic Grips Army Barracks
25 July 2011 News Agency of Nigeria “Training critical to military operations, says GOC
16 February 2016 The Guardian (Nigeria) Camerounian forces hand over B’Haram suspects to Nigerian soldiers
26 June 2016 Premium Times Nigerian Army announces rescue of 5000 Boko Haram hostages
17 January 2017 Premium Times Nigerian Army places N500,000 reward for information on suicide bombers
29 April 2013 This Day A Community At War With Its Ruler
12 June 2015 This Day Boko Haram: Buhari Calls for Limiting Sect’s Access to Funds, Weapons, Others
20 March 2014 Vanguard Nigeria sends 700 soldiers to maintain peace in Liberia
12 June 2015 Vanguard Minmah Visits Troops in Frontline
08 May 2016 Vanguard Scores killed as troops clear remnants of Boko Haram
26 June 2016 Vanguard Troops rescue 5,000 Boko Haram captives, Kill 10 terrorists
2018 Routledge Counter-Insurgency in Nigeria: The Military and Operations against Boko Haram, 2011-2017 16 February 2018
14 May 2016 The Guardian (Nigeria) Army repels Boko Haram early morning attack
15 May 2017 Channels Television Brigadier General Ifiok Obot Takes Over 26 Task Force Brigade
23 April 2016 This Day Military Arrests Four Boko Haram Kingpins, Insists Curfew in Maiduguri Still in Force
26 December 2017 Vanguard Soldiers celebrate Christmas in Gwoza, Buni Yadi 26 August 2018
03 March 2020 News Agency of Nigeria More Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists surrender in NE – Army 24 October 2020