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Garba Ayodele Wahab [+] Print this page

Also known as: GA Wahab | Gani Wahab | Garba A. Wahab | Garba Wahab [+]

Country: Nigeria [+]

Last seen as

General Officer Commanding, Major General, Commander of 1 Mechanised Division (Army/Military) on 5 February 2014 [+]

Postings

Unit Rank Role Official Title First Cited Date Last Cited Date
1 Mechanised Division [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] General Officer Commanding [+] 15 February 2012 [+] 5 February 2014 [+]

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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 [+] January 2014 [+] ~1211 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
Mohammed Tasiu Ibrahim [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 1 Brigade [+] 16 February 2013 [+] 2015 [+] ~684 days
Iliyasu Isah Abbah [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 3 Motorized Brigade [+] 12 December 2013 [+] 24 January 2014 [+] 43 days
Iliyasu Isah Abbah [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 3 Motorized Brigade [+] 15 February 2012 [+] 11 December 2013 [+] 665 days
Tamunomieibi I. Dibi [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 1 Brigade [+] 23 May 2011 [+] 18 December 2012 [+] 575 days

Sources

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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
17 October 2011 Daily Trust Barracks Renovation Elicits Soldiers' Anger in Sokoto
13 January 2012 Daily Trust Guber Polls - Politicians Have Bought All Machetes in Sokoto - Police
16 February 2012 Daily Trust GOCs Redeployed in Army Shake-Up
08 March 2012 This Day Call Your Men to Order,' Emir of Kano Tells Army Commander
22 March 2012 Daily Trust JTF Guns Down Nine in Kano
25 March 2012 Leadership JTF Pounds Suspected Boko Haram Hideout in Kano
15 September 2012 Daily Trust Boko Haram - Don't Be Deterred, Injured Soldiers Told
16 September 2012 This Day Boko Haram - Nigeria Army Compensates Families of Slain Soldiers
21 November 2012 Daily Trust Crime - Army to Deploy Soldiers to Ogun
20 December 2012 Daily Trust Army Promotes 59 Generals
14 March 2013 Daily Trust Four Killed in Sokoto Military Raid
08 April 2013 Leadership Insecurity - Wamakko Assures Sokoto Residents of Sustainable Security
19 April 2013 This Day Be Courageous in Fighting Terrorists, Kano Residents Urged
18 May 2013 Daily Trust Four Gunmen, Three Soldiers, Two Cops Killed in Daura
18 May 2013 This Day Military Intensifies Campaign Against Insurgents' Stronghold
01 June 2013 Daily Trust Inside 'Hezbollah's Kano Armoury' - Lebanese Condemn Act
31 May 2013 Daily Trust 'Hezbollah Behind Kano Weapons Cache'
12 July 2013 Leadership Boko Haram Commander Killed in Gun Duel
12 July 2013 Daily Trust 12 Bombs Recovered, One Killed in Sokoto Military Raid
10 October 2013 Daily Trust JTF Destroys Kano Bomb Factory
19 October 2013 This Day Nigeria, UK, U
30 November 2013 This Day 2015 - Army Prepares Agaist Violence
26 January 2014 This Day Don't Allow Yourselves to Be Used By Politicians in 2015, General Abbah Tells Soldiers
06 September 2014 Leadership Insurgents Seize the Gulak Village
Nigerian Army LT GEN OA IHEJIRIKA
Nigerian Army Nigerian Army 1 Division.
06 July 1994 Armed Forces Ruling Council Armed Forces Act Part III S.8(b)
19 September 2013 Leadership FG Deploys Soldiers in Nasarawa
11 July 2013 Leadership Suspected Terrorist Killed in Joint Army, SSS Operation in Sokoto
07 November 2014 Leadership Fire Guts Sokoto Military Barracks
12 December 2013 Daily Trust Promotion - Army Gets 27 New Major Generals, 75 Brigadiers
28 February 2014 Premium Times Army General says Nigerians should be allowed to carry arms to defeat Boko Haram
20 December 2012 This Day Army Promotes 150 Senior Officers
06 February 2014 This Day Jonathan Charges Service Chiefs to Crush Boko Haram Insurgents
12 July 2013 This Day Security Operatives Raid Terrorists' Hideout, Kill One, Capture 12 in Sokoto
14 March 2013 This Day We Are Not Ghosts, Boko Haram Tells Jonathan
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
23 May 2011 Vanguard ICAN has a lot to do in the North – Army Commander
14 September 2011 Vanguard Army, Airforce Move Into Jos
16 February 2012 Vanguard Boko Haram - Massive Shake-Up in the Army
25 March 2012 Vanguard Boko Haram: JTF Rescues Housewives, 13 Children
27 May 2012 Vanguard Army is combat-ready for terrorists – COAS
02 July 2012 Vanguard 3 killed, one arrested as JTF, terrorists clash in Damaturu
18 August 2012 Vanguard Presidency Moves to Avert Attacks on Mosques, Churches During Sallah
25 December 2012 Vanguard JTF discovers, detonates bombs in Kano
Nigerian Army Properties Limited Major General Mohammed Tasiu Ibrahim
02 June 2015 Amnesty International Stars on their shoulders. Blood on their hands. War crimes committed by the Nigerian military
08 March 2011 P.M. News Defence HQ Launch Skills Acquisition In Barracks
16 February 2013 Vanguard Allegations of Ethnic Considerations in Retirements, Postings, Re-Deployment, Recruitment in the Army