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Lawrence Fejokwu [+] Print this page

Also known as: Lawrence Fejoku [+]

Country: Nigeria [+]

Last seen as

Brigadier General, Commander of 14 Brigade (Army/Military) on 19 March 2017 [+]

Postings

Unit Rank Role Official Title First Cited Date Last Cited Date
14 Brigade [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 3 February 2016 [+] 19 March 2017 [+]
Nigerian Army Headquarters [+] Brigadier General [+] Deputy Director, Military Secretary 2 [+] 2 February 2016 [+]

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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
Tukur Yusufu Buratai [+] Lieutenant General [+] Commander [+] Nigerian Army [+] Unknown 27 January 2021 [+] Unknown
Adamu Baba Abubakar [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 82 Division [+] 25 December 2016 [+] 15 October 2017 [+] 294 days
Ibrahim Attahiru [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 82 Division [+] 15 January 2016 [+] 18 November 2016 [+] 308 days
Azubuike Onyeabo Ihejirika [+] Lieutenant General [+] Commander [+] Nigerian Army [+] Unknown January 2014 [+] Unknown
Luka Yusuf [+] Lieutenant General [+] Commander [+] Nigerian Army [+] Unknown August 2008 [+] 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
Kasim Umar Sidi [+] Lieutenant Colonel [+] Commander [+] 144 Battalion [+] 4 November 2015 [+] 19 December 2016 [+] 411 days

Sources

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Publication Date Publisher Publication Title Access Date Archive Link
09 October 2007 This Day 680 Soldiers Head for Darfur
23 May 2008 This Day How 46 Soldiers Were Burnt to Death
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
19 October 2013 This Day Nigeria, UK, U
30 November 2013 This Day 2015 - Army Prepares Agaist Violence
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
05 May 2016 The Guardian (Nigeria) Military to Review Counter-Insurgency War
Nigerian Army NIGERIAN ARMY CHRONICLE OF COMMAND
Nigerian Army LT GEN OA IHEJIRIKA
Nigerian Army About
06 December 2017 Daily Post Boko Haram: Rogers Nicholas replaces Attahiru as theatre commander
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
20 July 2015 Leadership Burutai Visits Troops in Konduga, Renames Counter Insurgency Outfit
18 February 2016 Leadership Army Relocates Tactical Headquarters to Aba
29 January 2016 The Nation (Nigeria) A prize for keeping fit
04 February 2016 The Nation (Nigeria) Ex-commander seeks support for successor
05 August 2017 The Nation (Nigeria) Why insecurity is escalating – Buratai
30 December 2016 The Nation (Nigeria) ‘We’ll make Aba hot for criminals’
01 March 2016 Nigerian Army SOUTH EAST GOVERNORS EXTOL ARMY FOR MAKING REGION INVESTORS’ SAFE HAVEN
16 October 2015 CAJ News Nigeria Next Few Days Crucial for Op Lafiya Dole
13 February 2017 Champion Newspapers GOC urges stakeholders to end perennial communal clashes in A’ibom, Cross River states
08 June 2016 Premium Times Special Report - Inside the Massive Extrajudicial Killings in Nigeria's South-East
30 July 2015 Premium Times Major shake-up in Nigerian Army, 334 top officers redeployed
09 December 2015 The Tide Tambuwal Flays Poor Ranking Of Nigerian Varsities
13 February 2014 This Day Army, Navy Redeploy Senior Officers
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
02 July 2012 Vanguard 3 killed, one arrested as JTF, terrorists clash in Damaturu
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
15 January 2016 Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Anti-Graft War: EFCC Seeks Army Support
18 November 2015 The Guardian (Nigeria) MASSOB counters Buhari, sure of UN referendum on Biafra
01 October 2017 The Punch Boko Haram attacks Bama, service chiefs to visit Borno 06 August 2018
02 June 2015 Amnesty International Stars on their shoulders. Blood on their hands. War crimes committed by the Nigerian military
19 March 2017 Channels Television Police Commit To Tackling Herdsmen Crises In Abia
23 August 2015 Daily Trust Army redeploys GOCs, 329 officers
08 March 2011 P.M. News Defence HQ Launch Skills Acquisition In Barracks
27 January 2021 Premium Times PROFILE: Meet the new Service Chiefs 16 November 2021
28 January 2021 Premium Times Attahiru assumes office as new army chief as Buratai bows out 16 November 2021
26 December 2016 Premium Times Nigerian Army ends Operation Python Dance in South-East – Official
03 October 2020 Radio Nigeria Army Chief advocates compliance to military tradition 22 October 2020
12 April 2016 This Day Ikpeazu, Okorocha Allege Kidnappers Killed Fulani Herdsmen
18 November 2016 This Day Army Arrests 37 Boko Haram Suspects in Lagos, Ogun
11 September 2017 This Day Army Reconciles Warring Communities in Cross River, Ebonyi States
16 October 2017 This Day Army Wraps up Military Exercise in South-east
04 November 2015 Vanguard End of road for one chance swindlers in Aba
01 May 2016 Vanguard Benue, Enugu Killings: Islamic group reacts, says blaming Fulani herdsmen “absurd”
17 September 2016 Vanguard Soldiers seize truck with 50,000 litres of stolen crude in Abia
28 October 2016 Vanguard GOC 82 Div
13 September 2017 Vanguard Ops Python Dance 2: GOC 82 Div tours IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu’s home town
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
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