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Country: Nigeria [+]

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Member of 7 Division (Army/Military) [+]

Postings

Unit Rank Role Official Title First Cited Date Last Cited Date
7 Division [+] 2013 [+]
242 Reconnaissance Battalion [+] 1996 [+] 1997 [+]
3 Armoured Division [+] 1990 [+] 1992 [+]

Chain of command

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Superiors

Commanders of units that were superior to any units commanded by this person
Name Rank Role Unit Start of overlap End of overlap Duration of overlap
Azubuike Onyeabo Ihejirika [+] Lieutenant General [+] Commander [+] Nigerian Army [+] 8 September 2010 [+] Unknown Unknown
Ibrahim Manu Yusuf [+] Major General [+] Chief of Operations [+] Nigerian Army [+] 19 March 2021 [+] Unknown Unknown
Tukur Yusufu Buratai [+] Lieutenant General [+] Commander [+] Nigerian Army [+] 4 August 2015 [+] Unknown Unknown

Subordinates

Commanders of units that were subordinate to any units commanded by this person
Name Rank Role Unit Start of overlap End of overlap Duration of overlap
R.O. Bamigboye [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 21 Armoured Brigade [+] 15 February 2012 [+] Unknown Unknown
Muhammed Idris Yusuf [+] Colonel [+] Commander [+] 21 Armoured Brigade [+] 19 September 2013 [+] Unknown Unknown
Adama Garba Laka [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 21 Armoured Brigade [+] 13 July 2016 [+] Unknown Unknown
Mohammed Sani Ali [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 21 Armoured Brigade [+] 29 July 2015 [+] Unknown Unknown
John N. Nwaoga [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 23 Armoured Brigade [+] 19 December 2012 [+] Unknown Unknown
Aba Popoola [+] Colonel [+] Commander [+] 23 Armoured Brigade [+] 6 November 2014 [+] Unknown Unknown
Fatai Oladipo Alli [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 23 Armoured Brigade [+] 20 May 2013 [+] Unknown Unknown
Rogers Ibe Nicholas [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 23 Armoured Brigade [+] 27 December 2013 [+] Unknown Unknown
Bello Mohammed [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 23 Armoured Brigade [+] 25 June 2017 [+] Unknown Unknown
Victor Okwudili Ezugwu [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 28 Task Force Brigade [+] 18 February 2015 [+] Unknown Unknown
Abraham Luka Dusu [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 33 Artillery Brigade [+] 9 September 2015 [+] Unknown Unknown
James Myam [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 33 Artillery Brigade [+] 22 March 2015 [+] Unknown Unknown

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
27 September 2010 Daily Trust Sacked GOCs Get New Posts
07 February 2011 This Day Army Will Tackle Security Lapses
22 June 2011 This Day Internal Security - Army Modifies Training to Tackle Terrorism
21 November 2012 Daily Trust Crime - Army to Deploy Soldiers to Ogun
20 December 2012 Daily Trust Army Promotes 59 Generals
04 February 2013 Daily Trust Four Gunmen, Not Soccer Fans, Killed in Mubi - Army
22 May 2013 Daily Trust Suspected Insurgents Arrested in Adamawa
21 May 2013 Daily Trust Two Hundred Troops Arrive Adamawa
01 June 2013 This Day Released Suspected Boko Haram Children Spies, Women Handed Over to Governors
16 June 2013 Daily Trust Army Relaxes Curfew in Adamawa
20 September 2013 Leadership SSS Foils Kidnap of Ex-President's Daughters
20 September 2013 Daily Trust Benisheik Attack Death Toll Now 161
19 October 2013 This Day Nigeria, UK, U
28 October 2013 Leadership Four Soldiers Killed As Boko Haram Attacks Borno Village
30 November 2013 This Day 2015 - Army Prepares Agaist Violence
28 December 2013 This Day In Major Shake-Up, Army Redeploys Senior Officers
08 January 2014 This Day 23 Brigade Commandant Promise to End Insurgency
08 March 2014 Leadership The Impact Of Border Closure Between Nigeria And Cameroon
12 June 2014 This Day Television Viewing Centres in Adamawa, Yobe Shut Down
23 June 2014 This Day From Freedom to Fear
06 September 2014 Leadership Insurgents Seize the Gulak Village
14 July 2015 Leadership Buhari Replaces NSA, Service Chiefs
14 August 2015 Daily Independent Crush Boko Haram in Three Months, Buhari Orders Military Chiefs
09 September 2015 Daily Trust 33 Artillery Brigade Gets New Commander
18 September 2015 Daily Trust Commander Seeks Collaboration With Traditional Rulers On Insurgency
28 December 2015 Daily Independent Boko Haram Kills 45 in Borno, Adamawa
05 May 2016 The Guardian (Nigeria) Military to Review Counter-Insurgency War
Nigerian Army LT GEN OA IHEJIRIKA
22 March 2015 Daily Independent Elections - NYSC Boss Tasks Bauchi Monarch On Corps Members' Safety
23 September 2016 The Guardian (Nigeria) Civilian JTF replaces troops to secure Bama
13 April 2016 The Guardian (Nigeria) Troops Arrest Three Boko Haram Commanders, Kill 22 Others
06 July 1994 Armed Forces Ruling Council Armed Forces Act Part III S.8(b)
19 September 2013 Leadership FG Deploys Soldiers in Nasarawa
06 November 2014 Leadership Cement Firm Attack - Anxiety As Boko Haram Carts Away Dynamite
13 March 2015 Leadership FG Donates Food Items To Soldiers Fighting Insurgency
12 June 2015 Leadership Boko Haram - Nigeria Must Command Multinational Troops - Buhari
20 July 2015 Leadership Burutai Visits Troops in Konduga, Renames Counter Insurgency Outfit
14 December 2015 Leadership CATTLE RUSTLING: Army Recovers 37 Cows, 75 Sheep In Bauchi
11 December 2015 News Agency of Nigeria Army recovers 37 cows, 75 rams from cattle rustlers in Bauchi State
11 June 2015 News Agency of Nigeria Minimah visits Borno, Adamawa to boost morale of troops
29 July 2015 Sahara Reporters Nigerian Army Has Redeployed Some Of Its Officers
13 January 2018 The Nation (Nigeria) Fear of killer herdsmen rules Taraba communities after murder of 55 residents 17 September 2018
05 August 2017 The Nation (Nigeria) Why insecurity is escalating – Buratai
10 March 2015 The Nation (Nigeria) Military recounts troop's success in Adamawa
28 December 2015 The Nation (Nigeria) Several killed in Adamawa bus station attack
16 October 2015 CAJ News Nigeria Next Few Days Crucial for Op Lafiya Dole
29 December 2015 Channels Television Adamawa Government Dispatches Assessment Team To Madagali
12 December 2013 Daily Trust Promotion - Army Gets 27 New Major Generals, 75 Brigadiers
29 December 2015 Daily Trust Army committed to wiping out B/Haram – GOC
30 January 2016 The Guardian (Nigeria) Herdsmen Menace: 3
06 July 2015 Armed Forces Command and Staff College Director of Administration
03 March 2016 Premium Times 'Boko Haram Spies' Arrested - Military
20 December 2012 This Day Army Promotes 150 Senior Officers
23 September 2013 This Day Benisheikh Ambush - Residents Ask for Restoration of Telecoms Services
20 September 2013 This Day Borno Highway Ambush - 142 Corpses Evacuated From Bushes
21 May 2013 This Day Curfew Relaxed in Borno, Yobe as 200 Troops Storm Adamawa
14 February 2014 This Day Students Flee Campus for Fear of Boko Haram Attack
13 July 2016 This Day Bama: When Will the Tears and Blood Stop Flowing
14 September 2013 This Day GOC: New Security Role Won’t Overwhelm Army 06 August 2018
31 May 2011 Vanguard Bombings: Part of failed plots to derail Jonathan’s inauguration – Security Agencies
14 September 2011 Vanguard Army, Airforce Move Into Jos
16 February 2012 Vanguard Boko Haram - Massive Shake-Up in the Army
02 July 2012 Vanguard 3 killed, one arrested as JTF, terrorists clash in Damaturu
29 January 2014 Vanguard Adamawa Church Attack - Death Toll Rises to 138
25 October 2014 Vanguard Terrorism - Army Sends GOC to Office
19 February 2015 Vanguard Military Kills 300 B-Haram Terrorists - Liberates 11 Communities
30 July 2015 Vanguard 95 generals moved in fresh Army shake-up
28 February 2016 Vanguard Boko Haram: Nigerian Army inducts Combat Motorbike battalion into Battle
30 March 2016 Vanguard Army captures Alagarno, Boko Haram `spiritual power base’
22 July 2016 Vanguard Troops welfare: Army to review fees in command schools
03 July 2021 Nigerian Army NIGERIAN ARMY APPOINTS PRINCIPAL STAFF OFFICERS, FIELD COMMANDERS, OTHERS 02 December 2021
12 July 2021 Nigerian Defence Academy Maj Gen Im Yusuf Assumes Duty As 31st Commandant Of Nda 02 December 2021
01 October 2017 The Punch Boko Haram attacks Bama, service chiefs to visit Borno 06 August 2018
19 March 2021 The Fact Daily Major General Ogunlade, Assumes Office As Head Of MNJTF 02 December 2021
02 June 2015 Amnesty International Stars on their shoulders. Blood on their hands. War crimes committed by the Nigerian military
01 May 2017 Daily Trust 21 Brigade of the Nigerian Army gets new commander
08 March 2011 P.M. News Defence HQ Launch Skills Acquisition In Barracks
25 June 2017 Premium Times Taraba violence: Nigerian Army blames politicians as Governor Ishaku denies ordering killing of Fulanis
28 January 2021 Premium Times Attahiru assumes office as new army chief as Buratai bows out 16 November 2021
03 October 2020 Radio Nigeria Army Chief advocates compliance to military tradition 22 October 2020
26 December 2017 Vanguard Soldiers celebrate Christmas in Gwoza, Buni Yadi 26 August 2018
06 January 2018 Vanguard COAS commends Gov. Gaidam for presentation of vehicles to army 08 August 2018
25 January 2018 Vanguard Missing soldier: Army arrests 11 suspects in Adamawa 25 August 2018
05 March 2018 Vanguard Dickson receives Buratai, urges him to help make Bayelsa foremost tourist, economic hub 26 August 2018
20 July 2018 Vanguard Buratai renames 21 Brigade as Special Forces Brigade 25 August 2018
19 July 2018 Vanguard No going back, fight to finish, Buratai charges troops 09 August 2018