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Owoye Andrew Azazi [+] Print this page

Also known as: A. O. Azazi | Andrew Azazi | OA Azazi | Owoye Azazi | Patrick Owoeye Azazi [+]

Country: Nigeria [+]

Last seen as

Chief of Defence Staff, General, Commander of Defence Headquarters (Military) on 19 August 2008 [+]

Postings

Unit Rank Role Official Title First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Defence Headquarters [+] General [+] Commander [+] Chief of Defence Staff [+] 27 August 2007 [+] 19 August 2008 [+]
Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria [+] General [+] Commander [+] Chief of Defence Staff [+] 27 August 2007 [+] 19 August 2008 [+]
Nigerian Army Headquarters [+] Lieutenant General [+] Commander [+] Chief of Army Staff [+] June 2006 [+] June 2007 [+]
Nigerian Army [+] Commander [+] June 2006 [+] June 2007 [+]
1 Mechanised Division [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] General Officer Commanding [+] 17 January 2005 [+] 9 July 2006 [+]

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
Luka Yusuf [+] Lieutenant General [+] Commander [+] Nigerian Army [+] June 2007 [+] August 2008 [+] ~427 days
Martin Luther Agwai [+] Lieutenant General [+] Commander [+] Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria [+] 1 June 2006 [+] 1 June 2007 [+] 365 days

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
Nanven Wuyep Rimtip [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] Joint Task Force Operation Restore Hope [+] 17 March 2008 [+] 14 December 2008 [+] 272 days
Luka Yusuf [+] Lieutenant General [+] Commander [+] Nigerian Army Headquarters [+] June 2007 [+] August 2008 [+] ~427 days
Luka Yusuf [+] Lieutenant General [+] Commander [+] Nigerian Army [+] June 2007 [+] August 2008 [+] ~427 days
Azubuike Onyeabo Ihejirika [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 81 Division [+] 7 January 2007 [+] 2008 [+] ~359 days
Lawrence Jokotola [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 1 Mechanised Division [+] 10 July 2006 [+] 30 July 2007 [+] 385 days
Mohammed Sani Saleh [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 2 Mechanised Division [+] 15 April 2007 [+] 30 July 2007 [+] 106 days
Joseph Oshanupin [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 3 Armoured Division [+] 10 July 2006 [+] 30 July 2007 [+] 385 days
AN Bamalli [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 2 Mechanised Division [+] March 2006 [+] 17 September 2006 [+] ~200 days
Samaila Iliya [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 81 Division [+] 17 January 2005 [+] 12 August 2006 [+] 572 days
Isiaku Dikko [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 3 Armoured Division [+] 17 January 2005 [+] 9 July 2006 [+] 538 days
Abdul Hafeez Adewuyi [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 82 Division [+] 3 September 2004 [+] 9 July 2006 [+] 674 days

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
13 October 2004 Vanguard COAS Annual Conference Begins October in Owerri
17 March 2005 This Day Haruna Lauds Nigerian Army
01 July 2005 This Day Nigerian Soldiers Depart for Sudan
12 August 2006 Daily Champion 680 Nigerian Soldiers Leave for Sudan
28 March 2006 Daily Trust Sudan: Darfur Crisis: First Batch of Troops Airlifted to Sudan
15 August 2006 Vanguard Bakassi Ruler Asks 'How Do We Carry Our Forefathers' Graves'
19 November 2006 Vanguard Militants to Army Chief - Your Men Worsened Hostilities in N-Delta
15 April 2007 Vanguard Violence Mars Polls - 52 Killed
03 June 2007 Daily Trust Darfur - Returning Soldiers Grumble Over Unpaid Allowances
01 August 2007 Daily Trust Why We Retired Army Generals - Yar'Adua
27 August 2007 Vanguard Country's Foreign Policy Under Yar'Adua
09 October 2007 This Day 680 Soldiers Head for Darfur
09 January 2008 Vanguard Defence Chief Declares 'Red Alert' in N-Delta
17 March 2008 Vanguard JTF Trails Arms Depot in Warri, Effurun
08 April 2008 Vanguard As JTF Arrests Uvwie Chief
23 May 2008 This Day How 46 Soldiers Were Burnt to Death
20 June 2008 Vanguard MEND Attacks Shell's Bonga Offshore Platform
24 June 2008 This Day Bayelsa Militants Engage in Supremacy Battle
08 July 2008 This Day Soldiers' Protest - House Summons Defence Minister, Azazi
09 August 2008 This Day Security Beefed Up in Azazi's Country Home
21 August 2008 Vanguard Yar'Adua Drops Service Chiefs in Military Shake-Up
24 September 2008 This Day We've Located All Miltant Campts in Rivers - JTF
14 December 2008 Vanguard Criminals've Hijacked Mend
11 January 2009 Vanguard Army Retires 12 Generals, 94 Others, Chong is New Chief of Staff, Liberia Armed Forces
12 March 2009 Vanguard FG Merges Military Forces in N-Delta
30 March 2009 Vanguard JTF to Track Down Retired Generals Involved in Oil Bunkering - Major-General Bello
25 May 2011 Daily Champion Lagos - DPO, DCO Killed in Army, Police Clash
Nigerian Army NIGERIAN ARMY CHRONICLE OF COMMAND
Nigerian Army LT GEN OA IHEJIRIKA
Nigerian Army Nigerian Army 1 Division.
20 July 2015 Nigerian Army NIGERIAN ARMY 2 DIVISION
Nigerian Army NIGERIAN ARMY 3 DIVISION
Nigerian Army Nigerian Army | 81 Division
Nigerian Army Nigerian Army | 82 Division
Nigerian Army About
06 July 1994 Armed Forces Ruling Council Armed Forces Act Part III S.8(1)(a)
12 June 2006 The Source Operation Flush Out!
31 March 2014 This Day A Hero's Welcome for Ihejirika
16 November 2007 This Day Bakassi Killings: Nigerian Soldiers Not Involved, Azazi Insists
22 June 2011 Vanguard Bomb blast: NSA summons IGP…as police postpone meeting
22 March 2014 Vanguard 'Chained to the Floor for Four Years!'