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Benjamin Ahanotu (21 Armoured Brigade) [+] Print this page

Country: Nigeria [+]

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Chief of Staff of 21 Armoured Brigade (Army/Military) [+]

Postings


Unit Rank Role Official Title First Cited Date Last Cited Date
21 Armoured Brigade [+] Chief of Staff [+] July 2009 [+]

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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
Lamidi Adeosun [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 7 Division [+] 19 January 2015 [+] Unknown Unknown
Victor Okwudili Ezugwu [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 7 Division [+] 6 March 2016 [+] Unknown Unknown
Victor Okwudili Ezugwu [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 7 Division [+] 6 March 2016 [+] Unknown Unknown
Ahmadu Mohammed [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 7 Division [+] 24 February 2014 [+] Unknown Unknown
MY Ibrahim [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 7 Division [+] 16 May 2014 [+] Unknown Unknown
Abdulmalik Bulama Biu [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 7 Division [+] 8 June 2018 [+] Unknown Unknown
Unsaid Bindawa [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 7 Division [+] 1 January 2014 [+] Unknown Unknown
Obida T. Ethnan [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 7 Division [+] 22 August 2013 [+] Unknown Unknown
Yusha'u Mahmood Abubakar [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] Operation Lafiya Dole [+] 16 August 2015 [+] Unknown Unknown
Ibrahim Attahiru [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] Operation Lafiya Dole [+] 30 May 2017 [+] Unknown Unknown
Lucky E. Erabor [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] Operation Lafiya Dole [+] 17 March 2016 [+] Unknown Unknown
Lucky E. Erabor [+] Major General [+] Deputy Theatre Commander [+] Operation Lafiya Dole [+] 18 December 2015 [+] Unknown Unknown
Hassan Umoru [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] Operation Lafiya Dole [+] 18 December 2015 [+] Unknown Unknown
Saleh Maina [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 3 Armoured Division [+] 26 January 2009 [+] Unknown Unknown
John Zaruwa [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 3 Armoured Division [+] 13 February 2014 [+] Unknown Unknown
Fatai Oladipo Alli [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 3 Armoured Division [+] 25 October 2014 [+] Unknown Unknown
Ebiobowei Bonna Awala [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 3 Armoured Division [+] 1 February 2013 [+] Unknown Unknown
Sunday Idoko [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 3 Armoured Division [+] 24 September 2010 [+] Unknown Unknown
Mohammed Sani Ali [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 3 Armoured Division [+] 29 December 2015 [+] Unknown Unknown
Jack Okechukwu Nwaogbo [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 3 Armoured Division [+] 15 February 2012 [+] Unknown Unknown
Benjamin Ahanotu (3 Armoured Division) [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 3 Armoured Division [+] 27 August 2017 [+] Unknown Unknown
Adamu Marwa [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 3 Armoured Division [+] 14 September 2011 [+] Unknown Unknown
Hassan Umoru [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 3 Armoured Division [+] 29 July 2015 [+] Unknown Unknown

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Publication Date Publisher Publication Title Access Date Archive Link
08 September 2014 The Sun (Nigeria) Former President Obasanjo’s Son Shot In Mubi By Boko Haram
10 January 2009 Vanguard Shake-Up in Army
27 January 2009 This Day I'll Tackle Jos Crisis - New GOC
26 February 2009 Vanguard Igbo Stores Closed as Peace Returns to Bauchi
29 July 2009 This Day Shoot-Out in Maiduguri as Soldiers Battle Fanatics
26 January 2010 This Day Yar'Adua - Army Restricts Movement of Soldiers
17 March 2010 Daily Trust Much Ado About Dambazau
25 September 2010 Daily Champion Jonathan Sacks GOCs, Redeploys Others
25 September 2010 Leadership Jonathan Sacks GOCs
21 October 2010 Daily Trust Army Committed to Indivisible Country - General Idoko
08 November 2010 Daily Trust GOC Urges Army to Be Neutral During Elections
28 January 2011 Leadership 24 Killed in Bauchi, Jos Attacks
22 June 2011 This Day Internal Security - Army Modifies Training to Tackle Terrorism
16 August 2011 Daily Independent Escape of Detainees - GOC 3 Division Sets Up Martial Court to Try Gen Raji
25 August 2011 Daily Trust Brig-Gen. Raji - the Road to Court Marshal
16 February 2012 Daily Trust GOCs Redeployed in Army Shake-Up
28 May 2012 Leadership Army Court Martial's 14 STF Soldiers for 'Gross Misconduct'
19 June 2012 Daily Trust Stay Away From Liberian Women, GOC Tells Peacekeeping Troops
31 August 2012 Daily Trust Be Battle Ready At All Times, Ihejirika Tells Soldiers
29 January 2013 Leadership Major Shakeup in Army - COAS Redeploys 317 Officers
02 February 2013 Daily Trust Awala Is New GOC 3 Division - Army
28 December 2013 This Day In Major Shake-Up, Army Redeploys Senior Officers
11 January 2014 Daily Trust Nwoga Takes Over At Three Division
26 August 2014 The Guardian (Nigeria) Troops Return From Cameroun, to Begin Counter-Terrorism Campaign
08 September 2014 The Guardian (Nigeria) Boko Haram Kills 24 Soldiers, Injures Obasanjo's Son
20 May 2015 Daily Trust Man Gets Title, Car, N
17 August 2015 This Day NAF Sustains Aerial Bombardment of Terrorists' Bunkers
18 September 2015 Daily Trust Commander Seeks Collaboration With Traditional Rulers On Insurgency
10 November 2015 This Day Military Nabs Another Wanted Boko Haram Terrorist
09 November 2015 Daily Trust Buratai Visits Troops, More Boko Haram Camps Are Destroyed
28 December 2015 Daily Independent Boko Haram Kills 45 in Borno, Adamawa
09 June 2016 This Day Sambisa Forest Is Now Locked Down - Military
Nigerian Army NIGERIAN ARMY 3 DIVISION
Nigerian Army Nigerian Army | 7 Division
06 December 2017 Daily Post Boko Haram: Rogers Nicholas replaces Attahiru as theatre commander
18 December 2015 Defence Headquarters NEW THEATRE COMMANDERS FOR OPERATION LAFIYA DOLE APPOINTED
26 January 2016 Independent Army Kill 14 Boko Haram Terrorists In Yobe – GOC 3 Division
07 September 2013 Leadership Troops Kill 50 Insurgents, As Army Chief Visits Borno
15 February 2015 Leadership GOC, Brigade Commander Move to Liberate Monguno
11 June 2015 News Agency of Nigeria Minimah visits Borno, Adamawa to boost morale of troops
31 August 2016 Reuters Operation Lafiya Dole
30 May 2017 The Sun (Nigeria) New Theatre Commander Ops LAFIYA DOLE, Gen Attahiru resumes
04 September 2013 The Sun (Nigeria) New GOC, others appointed as Army retires 7 generals
13 January 2013 The Sun (Nigeria) Army deploys another 800 to Darfur
10 March 2015 The Nation (Nigeria) Military recounts troop's success in Adamawa
28 April 2013 Channels Television Nigerian Army Updates Officers On Operations Planning
28 January 2016 Daily Trust 'Operation Lafiya Dole' Command Interfaces With Host Communities
17 March 2016 Daily Trust Terrible week of road accidents (Editorial)
29 December 2015 Daily Trust Army committed to wiping out B/Haram – GOC
06 March 2016 Daily Trust Troops clear Boko Haram in Doksa, Dure
08 June 2016 Premium Times Special Report - Inside the Massive Extrajudicial Killings in Nigeria's South-East
17 March 2016 Premium Times Army Names New Commander for Anti-Boko Haram Operation
02 May 2016 Premium Times Army Begins Large-Scale Operation in Sambisa Forests - Commander
08 March 2016 Premium Times Army General Dies in Auto Crash
30 May 2011 This Day 13 Killed, 40 Injured in Bauchi Bomb Tragedy
16 February 2012 This Day 72 Generals Redeployed in Army Shake-up
24 November 2013 This Day Army Demands Discipline From Civilian JTF
13 February 2014 This Day Army, Navy Redeploy Senior Officers
11 March 2015 This Day Military Recaptures Bama As More Insurgents Are Killed in Adamawa
19 September 2013 This Day Ombatse - FG Orders Deployment of Troops to Nasarawa
14 September 2011 Vanguard Army, Airforce Move Into Jos
14 November 2011 Vanguard Military Can Tackle Internal Security Challenges, Says GOC
03 February 2012 Vanguard Boko Haram Kingpin Qaqa, Buckles
16 February 2012 Vanguard Boko Haram - Massive Shake-Up in the Army
02 July 2012 Vanguard Boko Haram Will Soon Be Contained - GOC
18 August 2012 Vanguard Presidency Moves to Avert Attacks on Mosques, Churches During Sallah
28 February 2014 Vanguard After Borno, Yobe Massacre - B-Haram Strikes in Adamawa, Kills 14
22 May 2014 Vanguard 48 Killed in Fresh Borno Attacks, Chibok Schoolgirls Sighted in Chad
25 October 2014 Vanguard Terrorism - Army Sends GOC to Office
30 July 2015 Vanguard 95 generals moved in fresh Army shake-up
30 September 2015 Vanguard We will end Boko Haram by December – Army
13 February 2016 Vanguard Military releases 275 suspected Boko Haram detainees
30 March 2016 Vanguard Army captures Alagarno, Boko Haram `spiritual power base’
31 May 2012 Daily Trust Boko Haram Leader's Death- Judge Asks Counsel to Address Court on Jurisdiction
12 January 2013 Leadership Army Deploys More Soldiers to Darfur 01 August 2018
06 May 2017 The Guardian (Nigeria) Returning refugees from Cameroun overstretching Borno IDPs camps, army warns
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
23 November 2016 Premium Times EXCLUSIVE: Nigerian Army officially declares 46 soldiers missing
25 June 2017 Premium Times Taraba violence: Nigerian Army blames politicians as Governor Ishaku denies ordering killing of Fulanis
27 January 2021 Premium Times PROFILE: Meet the new Service Chiefs 16 November 2021
27 August 2017 This Day Rid our Forests of Criminals, Abubakar Challenges Army
03 May 2018 Vanguard Army competition: Woman emerges best shooter 31 July 2018
09 June 2018 Vanguard Troops kill many bandits, arrest Boko Haram logistics supplier in Kaduna 06 August 2018
20 July 2018 Vanguard Buratai renames 21 Brigade as Special Forces Brigade 25 August 2018
30 January 2021 Vanguard What you didn’t know about new Service Chiefs 23 November 2021