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Rafiu Adeshina [+] Print this page

Country: Nigeria [+]

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Major General, Commander of 82 Division (Army/Military) [+]

Postings

Unit Rank Role Official Title First Cited Date Last Cited Date
82 Division [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 27 April 2004 [+]

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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 [+] Unknown Unknown
Ibrahim Manu Yusuf [+] Major General [+] Chief of Operations [+] Nigerian Army [+] 19 March 2021 [+] Unknown Unknown
Luka Yusuf [+] Lieutenant General [+] Commander [+] Nigerian Army [+] June 2007 [+] Unknown Unknown
Tukur Yusufu Buratai [+] Lieutenant General [+] Commander [+] Nigerian Army [+] 4 August 2015 [+] Unknown 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
Okwudili F. Azinta [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 13 Amphibious Brigade [+] 9 April 2013 [+] Unknown Unknown
Shehu Yusuf [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 13 Amphibious Brigade [+] 19 May 2011 [+] Unknown Unknown
Ibrahim Attahiru [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 13 Amphibious Brigade [+] 7 January 2014 [+] Unknown Unknown
Sani Mohammed [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 13 Amphibious Brigade [+] 24 December 2015 [+] Unknown Unknown
Abdulmalik Bulama Biu [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 13 Amphibious Brigade [+] July 2016 [+] Unknown Unknown
Hamza Agbabiaka [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 13 Amphibious Brigade [+] 3 June 2006 [+] Unknown Unknown
Anthony Omozoje [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 14 Brigade [+] 22 July 2015 [+] Unknown Unknown
Jubrin Tanko Abubakar [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 14 Brigade [+] 8 June 2012 [+] Unknown Unknown
Lawrence Fejokwu [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 14 Brigade [+] 3 February 2016 [+] Unknown Unknown
Sylvester Audu [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 14 Brigade [+] 30 July 2011 [+] Unknown Unknown
AK Ibrahim (14 Brigade) [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 14 Brigade [+] 13 September 2017 [+] Unknown Unknown
Sakin-Yaki Bello [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 2 Amphibious Brigade [+] 21 August 2007 [+] Unknown Unknown
Koko Essien [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 2 Amphibious Brigade [+] 22 February 2015 [+] Unknown Unknown
Samuel Salihu [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 2 Amphibious Brigade [+] 21 March 2006 [+] Unknown Unknown
Zakariah Yaduma [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 2 Amphibious Brigade [+] 7 July 2003 [+] Unknown Unknown
Stephenson Olabanji [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 2 Amphibious Brigade [+] 26 August 2015 [+] Unknown Unknown
Tukur Yusufu Buratai [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 2 Amphibious Brigade [+] 2 July 2011 [+] Unknown Unknown
Tukur Yusufu Buratai [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 2 Amphibious Brigade [+] 19 December 2012 [+] Unknown Unknown
Osasogie Uzamere (2 Amphibious Brigade) [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 2 Amphibious Brigade [+] 30 September 2013 [+] Unknown Unknown
Modibbo Alkali [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 34 Field Artillery Brigade [+] 15 March 2012 [+] Unknown Unknown
Modibbo Alkali [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 34 Field Artillery Brigade [+] 11 December 2013 [+] Unknown Unknown
Kuta Ishiaku [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 34 Field Artillery Brigade [+] 2015 [+] Unknown Unknown
HI Bature [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 34 Field Artillery Brigade [+] 17 May 2017 [+] Unknown Unknown
Timothy Lagbaja [+] Lieutenant Colonel [+] Commander [+] 72 Special Forces Battalion [+] 10 April 2013 [+] Unknown Unknown

Sources

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Publication Date Publisher Publication Title Access Date Archive Link
08 July 2003 This Day Governor Odili Satisfied With Military's Role in Democracy
01 March 2004 Daily Champion Gen. Effiong Was a Great Patriot - - Obasanjo
27 April 2004 Daily Trust Military Re-Affirms Support for Democracy
10 September 2004 This Day Special Task Force Deployed to Rivers
21 March 2006 Vanguard Rivers Donates N12m to Families of Slain Soldiers
14 May 2006 Vanguard Army Fires Back at Evictees: 2 Brigade is Not a Thief
04 June 2006 This Day Amphibious Brigade Gets New Commander
21 July 2006 Vanguard Militants - Navy Calls for Unity Among Security Agencies
27 August 2007 This Day Port Harcourt - Army Replaces Joint Task Force Commander
10 September 2007 Vanguard JTF Uncovers Militants Hide-Out in Rivers
17 September 2007 Vanguard JTF Overpowers Cultists, Gunmen in Ozuoba
09 October 2007 This Day 680 Soldiers Head for Darfur
17 October 2007 Leadership Army Chief Commends Akwa Ibom Government On Niger Delta Crisis
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
12 July 2011 Daily Trust Bomb Blast - Army Urged to Be On Alert
18 July 2011 Daily Trust Day Soldiers Dumped Guns for Brooms
05 December 2011 Daily Trust Soldiers Shut Fake 'NNPC' in Creeks
29 February 2012 Vanguard Ojukwu Grounds South-East
04 March 2012 Leadership We Want to See Our Son's Corpse'
16 March 2012 Leadership JTF, Others Battle Kidnappers, Kill One
09 May 2012 Leadership 25 Ghanaians, Five Locals Arrested Over Bunkering
24 July 2012 This Day Abia, Nigerian Army Tackle Vandalism of Shell's Facilities
18 August 2012 Leadership Ihejirika Heads for Defence, as Jonathan Shops for New Coas
27 August 2012 Daily Trust JTF Rescues 27 Kidnapped Oil Workers in Bakassi
20 November 2012 Daily Trust JTF Impounds Five Truck Loads of Diesel in Calabar
21 November 2012 Daily Trust Crime - Army to Deploy Soldiers to Ogun
20 December 2012 Daily Trust Army Promotes 59 Generals
11 April 2013 Daily Trust 27 Killed in Fresh Tiv/Fulani Hostility in Benue
16 May 2013 Daily Trust 102 Nigerian Soldiers to Participate in Cameroon Independence Parade
23 August 2013 Vanguard Army Gets Gun-Boats to Figth Oil Theft in Niger
20 September 2013 Daily Trust Army Committed to Fight Against Oil Theft - JTF Commander
19 October 2013 This Day Nigeria, UK, U
30 November 2013 This Day 2015 - Army Prepares Agaist Violence
28 December 2013 This Day In Major Shake-Up, Army Redeploys Senior Officers
09 January 2014 Vanguard Army Destroys 36 Petrol Tankers, Six Boats in Cross River
15 April 2014 Leadership Police, SSS, Military Begin Joint Patrol Operations to End Kidnapping in Rivers
06 September 2014 Leadership Insurgents Seize the Gulak Village
23 February 2015 Daily Trust Army Commander Laments Rising Crime Rate in Rivers
14 July 2015 Leadership Buhari Replaces NSA, Service Chiefs
09 August 2015 Daily Trust Buratai Charges Soldiers On Insurgents, Oil Thieves
14 August 2015 Daily Independent Crush Boko Haram in Three Months, Buhari Orders Military Chiefs
24 December 2015 This Day Yuletide - Security Beefed Up Nationwide
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
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)
17 May 2017 Leadership Imo: Army Redeploys Commander, 34 Field Artillery Brigade
07 January 2014 Leadership Counter-Terrorism, Fight Against Common Enemy - Army
19 September 2013 Leadership FG Deploys Soldiers in Nasarawa
20 July 2015 Leadership Burutai Visits Troops in Konduga, Renames Counter Insurgency Outfit
10 September 2015 Leadership Conduct Yourselves In A Professional Manner, GOC Urges Soldiers
27 January 2016 Leadership Oil Theft: Soldiers Arrest Suspect With 70 Drums Of Diesel, Speed Boat
18 February 2016 Leadership Army Relocates Tactical Headquarters to Aba
07 February 2016 Leadership Attack On Oil Facilities: Army To Engage Niger Delta Communities In Dialogue
15 July 2015 News Agency of Nigeria 72 Battalion lost 28 soldiers to insurgency in 4 years -- Commander
13 June 2017 The Sun (Nigeria) Ayade, soldiers commend outgoing 13 Brigade Commander
10 April 2013 The Sun (Nigeria) Bakassi: Armed forces to establish two forward operation bases
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
08 April 2016 Voice of Nigeria Nigerian Army ends inter-brigade competition
16 October 2015 CAJ News Nigeria Next Few Days Crucial for Op Lafiya Dole
12 December 2013 Daily Trust Promotion - Army Gets 27 New Major Generals, 75 Brigadiers
14 December 2015 The Guardian (Nigeria) Our role in Bayelsa polls, by military
08 June 2016 Premium Times Special Report - Inside the Massive Extrajudicial Killings in Nigeria's South-East
31 January 2013 Premium Times JTF laments shortage of accommodation for personnel in Rivers
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
19 May 2011 Vanguard Soldiers Seek More Funding for Peace Missions
14 September 2011 Vanguard Army, Airforce Move Into Jos
03 October 2011 Vanguard Calabar Golf Club Woos Army Officers
09 June 2012 Vanguard War Against Crime - Orji Donates 25 Vehicles to Soldiers
02 July 2012 Vanguard 3 killed, one arrested as JTF, terrorists clash in Damaturu
26 September 2012 Vanguard Oil Theft - Stakeholders Toe Divergent Paths Over JTF's Altered Mandate
27 December 2012 Vanguard JTF Arrests Police ASP Over Alleged Illegal Bunkering
26 February 2013 Vanguard Abia House tasks security agencies on kidnapping, child trafficking
10 January 2014 Vanguard Cross River Is Free Off Militancy, Declares Commander
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
03 July 2021 Nigerian Army NIGERIAN ARMY APPOINTS PRINCIPAL STAFF OFFICERS, FIELD COMMANDERS, OTHERS 02 December 2021
26 August 2015 The Guardian (Nigeria) Army seeks NDDC support to sustain peace in N’Delta
12 July 2021 Nigerian Defence Academy Maj Gen Im Yusuf Assumes Duty As 31st Commandant Of Nda 02 December 2021
27 May 2017 Nigerian Army Gen Nani Hands Over to Olabanji, Urges Troops to Maintain Momentum 21 October 2020
01 October 2017 The Punch Boko Haram attacks Bama, service chiefs to visit Borno 06 August 2018
19 March 2021 The Fact Daily Major General Ogunlade, Assumes Office As Head Of MNJTF 02 December 2021
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 July 2015 Daily Trust Army appoints new guard’s brigade commander
11 January 2014 Daily Trust We’re winning war against oil theft
08 March 2011 P.M. News Defence HQ Launch Skills Acquisition In Barracks
28 January 2021 Premium Times Attahiru assumes office as new army chief as Buratai bows out 16 November 2021
06 January 2014 Premium Times Oil theft in Cross River, Akwa Ibom has reduced – Army commande
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
16 October 2017 This Day Army Wraps up Military Exercise in South-east
17 September 2016 Vanguard Soldiers seize truck with 50,000 litres of stolen crude in Abia
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