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Victor Okwudili Ezugwu [+] Print this page

Also known as: VO Ezeugwu | Victor Ezeaogu | Victor Ezeogu | Victor Ezeugwu | Victor Ezugu | Victor Ezugwu [+]

Country: Nigeria [+]

Last seen as

General Officer Commanding, Brigadier General, Commander of 7 Division (Army/Military) on 1 May 2017 [+]

Postings


Unit Rank Role Official Title First Cited Date Last Cited Date
7 Division [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] General Officer Commanding [+] 6 March 2016 [+] 1 May 2017 [+]
7 Division [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] Acting Commander [+] 6 March 2016 [+] 6 May 2017 [+]
28 Task Force Brigade [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 18 February 2015 [+] 28 December 2015 [+]
Joint Task Force Operation Restore Hope Sector 2 [+] Colonel [+] Commander [+] 30 March 2009 [+] 22 December 2010 [+]

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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 [+] 4 August 2015 [+] 27 January 2021 [+] 2003 days
Lamidi Adeosun [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 7 Division [+] 19 January 2015 [+] 28 December 2015 [+] 343 days
Hassan Umoru [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 3 Armoured Division [+] 29 July 2015 [+] 17 December 2015 [+] 141 days
Fatai Oladipo Alli [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 3 Armoured Division [+] 25 October 2014 [+] 28 July 2015 [+] 276 days
Charles Omoregie [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] Joint Task Force Operation Restore Hope [+] 24 September 2010 [+] 19 November 2010 [+] 56 days
Sakin-Yaki Bello [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] Joint Task Force Operation Restore Hope [+] 12 March 2009 [+] 16 July 2010 [+] 491 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
Adama Garba Laka [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 21 Armoured Brigade [+] 13 July 2016 [+] 30 April 2017 [+] 291 days

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Publication Date Publisher Publication Title Access Date Archive Link
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
31 March 2009 Daily Champion Drop Your Guns Now, JTF Tells Militants
06 June 2009 Vanguard Where is the Kings of Gbaramatu Kingdom?
06 August 2009 This Day Amnesty Takes Off
15 December 2009 Vanguard Suspected Crude Oil Thieves Threaten Reprisal on JTF
17 June 2010 Leadership Renewed War Against Oil Thieves in Delta
25 September 2010 Daily Champion Jonathan Sacks GOCs, Redeploys Others
07 October 2010 This Day JTF Targets Pirates Along Waterways
16 November 2010 Leadership Exxonmobil Shuts Production of 45,000 Barrels Per Day
19 November 2010 Daily Champion Soldiers Capture Militants' Camp, Free 19 Hostages
19 November 2010 Leadership JTF Captures 14 Militant Camps in Niger Delta
18 August 2012 Leadership Ihejirika Heads for Defence, as Jonathan Shops for New Coas
20 May 2015 Daily Trust Man Gets Title, Car, N
14 July 2015 Leadership Buhari Replaces NSA, Service Chiefs
14 August 2015 Daily Independent Crush Boko Haram in Three Months, Buhari Orders Military Chiefs
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 NIGERIAN ARMY 3 DIVISION
Nigerian Army Nigerian Army | 7 Division
18 December 2015 Defence Headquarters NEW THEATRE COMMANDERS FOR OPERATION LAFIYA DOLE APPOINTED
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)
15 February 2015 Leadership GOC, Brigade Commander Move to Liberate Monguno
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
11 June 2015 News Agency of Nigeria Minimah visits Borno, Adamawa to boost morale of troops
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 November 2016 Nigerian Army 7 Division
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
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
02 May 2016 Premium Times Army Begins Large-Scale Operation in Sambisa Forests - Commander
11 March 2015 This Day Military Recaptures Bama As More Insurgents Are Killed in Adamawa
13 July 2016 This Day Bama: When Will the Tears and Blood Stop Flowing
17 July 2010 Vanguard Furore over vessel impounded by JTF
22 December 2010 Vanguard JTF Destroy Nine Militant Camps in Bayelsa
25 December 2010 Vanguard We Can Exhume the Corpses and Count If
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
30 September 2015 Vanguard We will end Boko Haram by December – Army
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
06 May 2017 The Guardian (Nigeria) Returning refugees from Cameroun overstretching Borno IDPs camps, army warns
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
01 May 2017 Daily Trust 21 Brigade of the Nigerian Army gets new commander
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
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