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Alexander Ogomudia [+] Print this page

Country: Nigeria [+]

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Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General, Commander of Nigerian Army Headquarters (Army/Military) [+]

Postings

Unit Rank Role Official Title First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Nigerian Army Headquarters [+] Lieutenant General [+] Commander [+] Chief of Army Staff [+] 4 June 2002 [+]
Nigerian Army [+] Lieutenant General [+] Commander [+] Chief of Army Staff [+] 4 June 2002 [+]

Chain of command

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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
Owoye Andrew Azazi [+] General [+] Commander [+] Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria [+] 27 August 2007 [+] Unknown Unknown
Abayomi Gabriel Olonisakin [+] General [+] Commander [+] Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria [+] 13 July 2015 [+] Unknown Unknown
Oluseyin Petinrin [+] Air Marshal [+] Commander [+] Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria [+] 4 October 2012 [+] Unknown Unknown
Paul Dike [+] Air Marshal [+] Commander [+] Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria [+] 20 August 2008 [+] Unknown Unknown
Ola Sa'ad Ibrahim [+] Admiral [+] Commander [+] Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria [+] 4 October 2012 [+] Unknown Unknown
Alex Sabunduh Badeh [+] Air Chief Marshal [+] Commander [+] Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria [+] 16 January 2014 [+] Unknown Unknown
Martin Luther Agwai [+] Lieutenant General [+] Commander [+] Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria [+] 1 June 2006 [+] Unknown Unknown
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
Owoye Andrew Azazi [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 1 Mechanised Division [+] 17 January 2005 [+] Unknown Unknown
Kamaldeen Role [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 1 Mechanised Division [+] 9 January 2009 [+] Unknown Unknown
Adeniyi Oyabade [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 1 Mechanised Division [+] 29 July 2015 [+] Unknown Unknown
Joseph Shoboiki [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 1 Mechanised Division [+] 24 September 2010 [+] Unknown Unknown
Garba Ayodele Wahab [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 1 Mechanised Division [+] 15 February 2012 [+] Unknown Unknown
Moses Obi [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 1 Mechanised Division [+] 31 July 2007 [+] Unknown Unknown
Lawrence Jokotola [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 1 Mechanised Division [+] 10 July 2006 [+] Unknown Unknown
SA Asemota [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 1 Mechanised Division [+] 1 August 2002 [+] Unknown Unknown
DRA Ndefo [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 1 Mechanised Division [+] 30 December 2001 [+] Unknown Unknown
Kenneth Osuji [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 1 Mechanised Division [+] 12 February 2014 [+] Unknown Unknown
AN Bamalli [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 2 Mechanised Division [+] March 2006 [+] Unknown Unknown
OE Okon [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 2 Mechanised Division [+] 18 April 2001 [+] Unknown Unknown
Bello Danbazau [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 2 Mechanised Division [+] 31 July 2007 [+] Unknown Unknown
Mohammed Abubakar [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 2 Mechanised Division [+] 24 September 2010 [+] Unknown Unknown
Ahmed Tijani Jibrin [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 2 Mechanised Division [+] 27 January 2013 [+] Unknown Unknown
Mohammed Sani Saleh [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 2 Mechanised Division [+] 15 April 2007 [+] Unknown Unknown
Isaac Obiakor [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 2 Mechanised Division [+] 16 December 2004 [+] Unknown Unknown
Emmanuel Abejirin [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 2 Mechanised Division [+] 19 February 2014 [+] Unknown Unknown
DRA Ndefo [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 2 Mechanised Division [+] August 2002 [+] Unknown Unknown
Sanusi Nasir Muazu [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 2 Mechanised Division [+] 26 February 2015 [+] Unknown Unknown
Lawrence Ngubane [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 2 Mechanised Division [+] 9 January 2009 [+] Unknown Unknown
Saleh Maina [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 3 Armoured Division [+] 26 January 2009 [+] Unknown Unknown
Isiaku Dikko [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 3 Armoured Division [+] 17 January 2005 [+] 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
Olakunle Akinyemi [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 3 Armoured Division [+] 31 July 2007 [+] 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
Danmadami Diaji [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 3 Armoured Division [+] February 2003 [+] Unknown Unknown
Joseph Owonibi [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 3 Armoured Division [+] February 2002 [+] Unknown Unknown
Charles Ufoma Macaulay [+] Lieutenant Colonel [+] Operations Commander [+] 3 Armoured Division [+] 1 January 2009 [+] 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
Joseph Oshanupin [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 3 Armoured Division [+] 10 July 2006 [+] Unknown Unknown
Hassan Umoru [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 3 Armoured Division [+] 29 July 2015 [+] Unknown Unknown
Kasimu Abdulkarim [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 6 Division [+] 11 September 2016 [+] Unknown Unknown
Musa Yusuf [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 6 Division [+] 24 January 2018 [+] Unknown Unknown
Enobong Okon Udoh [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 6 Division [+] 3 February 2017 [+] Unknown Unknown
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
Stephenson Olabanji [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 8 Task Force Division [+] 27 May 2017 [+] Unknown Unknown
Tanko Abdu [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 81 Division [+] 19 January 2004 [+] Unknown Unknown
Azubuike Onyeabo Ihejirika [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 81 Division [+] 7 January 2007 [+] Unknown Unknown
Nsikak Edet [+] Brigadier General [+] Chief of Staff [+] 81 Division [+] 8 November 2020 [+] Unknown Unknown
Obi Abel Umahi [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 81 Division [+] 27 January 2013 [+] Unknown Unknown
Godwin Ahamefuna Umelo [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 81 Division [+] 21 July 2020 [+] Unknown Unknown
Tamunomieibi I. Dibi [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 81 Division [+] 13 February 2014 [+] Unknown Unknown
Johnson Irefin [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 81 Division [+] 22 July 2019 [+] Unknown Unknown
Lawrence Fejokwu (81 Division) [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 81 Division [+] 12 March 2021 [+] Unknown Unknown
Samaila Iliya [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 81 Division [+] 17 January 2005 [+] Unknown Unknown
Enobong Okon Udoh [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 81 Division [+] 21 April 2018 [+] Unknown Unknown
Emeka CG Nwanguna [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 81 Division [+] 9 January 2009 [+] Unknown Unknown
Kenneth Tobia Minimah [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 81 Division [+] 24 September 2010 [+] Unknown Unknown
AA Mshelbwalla [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 81 Division [+] 2004 [+] Unknown Unknown
Bashiru Jinadu [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 82 Division [+] 2003 [+] Unknown Unknown
Mohammad Danhanne Issa [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 82 Division [+] 9 January 2009 [+] Unknown Unknown
R Adeshina [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 82 Division [+] 2004 [+] Unknown Unknown
Shehu Yusuf [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 82 Division [+] 13 February 2014 [+] Unknown Unknown
Sakin-Yaki Bello [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 82 Division [+] 24 September 2010 [+] Unknown Unknown
Adebayor Olanniyi [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 82 Division [+] 11 March 2013 [+] Unknown Unknown
Sunday Idoko [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 82 Division [+] 4 September 2011 [+] Unknown Unknown
Ibrahim Attahiru [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 82 Division [+] 29 July 2015 [+] Unknown Unknown
Ibrahim Attahiru [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 82 Division [+] 15 January 2016 [+] Unknown Unknown
Abdul Hafeez Adewuyi [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 82 Division [+] 3 September 2004 [+] Unknown Unknown
Adamu T. Ibrahim [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 82 Division [+] 31 July 2007 [+] Unknown Unknown
Oluwaseun Olayinka Oshinowo [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 82 Division [+] 15 February 2012 [+] Unknown Unknown
Adamu Baba Abubakar [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 82 Division [+] 25 December 2016 [+] Unknown Unknown
Texas Chukwu [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] Directorate of Army Public Relations [+] 18 March 2018 [+] Unknown Unknown
Dahiru Abdulsalam [+] Colonel [+] Commander [+] Joint Task Force Operation Restore Order III [+] 26 December 2011 [+] Unknown Unknown
Owoye Andrew Azazi [+] Lieutenant General [+] Commander [+] Nigerian Army Headquarters [+] June 2006 [+] Unknown Unknown
Azubuike Onyeabo Ihejirika [+] Lieutenant General [+] Commander [+] Nigerian Army Headquarters [+] 8 September 2010 [+] Unknown Unknown
Abdulrahman Danbazzau [+] Lieutenant General [+] Commander [+] Nigerian Army Headquarters [+] August 2008 [+] Unknown Unknown
Luka Yusuf [+] Lieutenant General [+] Commander [+] Nigerian Army Headquarters [+] June 2007 [+] Unknown Unknown
Tukur Yusufu Buratai [+] Lieutenant General [+] Commander [+] Nigerian Army Headquarters [+] 4 August 2015 [+] Unknown Unknown
Kenneth Tobia Minimah [+] Lieutenant General [+] Commander [+] Nigerian Army Headquarters [+] 16 January 2014 [+] Unknown Unknown
Martin Luther Agwai [+] Lieutenant General [+] Commander [+] Nigerian Army Headquarters [+] June 2003 [+] 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
Lamidi Adeosun [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] Operation Zaman Lafiya [+] 19 January 2015 [+] Unknown Unknown
Ahmadu Mohammed [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] Operation Zaman Lafiya [+] February 2014 [+] Unknown Unknown
MY Ibrahim [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] Operation Zaman Lafiya [+] May 2014 [+] Unknown Unknown
Unsaid Bindawa [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] Operation Zaman Lafiya [+] January 2014 [+] Unknown Unknown
Obida T. Ethnan [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] Operation Zaman Lafiya [+] August 2013 [+] Unknown Unknown

Sources

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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
12 March 2002 This Day Governor Seeks Military Assistance On Porous Borders
04 June 2002 This Day Ogomudia Commissions Retired Soldiers' Houses
05 September 2003 This Day Warri: No Military Solution, Says Army Chief
19 January 2004 This Day Agwai Tasks Army On Professionalism
01 March 2004 Daily Champion Gen. Effiong Was a Great Patriot - - Obasanjo
20 March 2004 This Day Federalism: Ngige Tackles FG
18 July 2004 This Day Democracy: Governor Seeks Army's Collaboration
13 October 2004 Vanguard COAS Annual Conference Begins October in Owerri
16 December 2004 This Day Sierra-Leone: 'Troops 'Ll Not Be Replaced'
17 March 2005 This Day Haruna Lauds Nigerian Army
01 July 2005 This Day Nigerian Soldiers Depart for Sudan
26 July 2005 This Day Saraki: Let's Avoid Military Take-Over Again
12 August 2006 Daily Champion 680 Nigerian Soldiers Leave for Sudan
28 March 2006 Daily Trust Sudan: Darfur Crisis: First Batch of Troops Airlifted to Sudan
07 May 2006 Vanguard We Cannot Now Be Hastily Separated'
15 August 2006 Vanguard Bakassi Ruler Asks 'How Do We Carry Our Forefathers' Graves'
19 November 2006 Vanguard Militants to Army Chief - Your Men Worsened Hostilities in N-Delta
15 April 2007 Vanguard Violence Mars Polls - 52 Killed
03 June 2007 Daily Trust Darfur - Returning Soldiers Grumble Over Unpaid Allowances
01 August 2007 Daily Trust Why We Retired Army Generals - Yar'Adua
27 August 2007 Vanguard Country's Foreign Policy Under Yar'Adua
01 September 2007 This Day Soldiers Reprimanded for Role in Liberia
24 September 2007 Leadership Army Goc Warns Soldiers Against Civilians
09 October 2007 This Day 680 Soldiers Head for Darfur
15 October 2007 Daily Trust Army Sends More Troops to Darfur
16 October 2007 Leadership Ejection - Cross River Government Drags FG to Court
17 October 2007 Leadership Army Chief Commends Akwa Ibom Government On Niger Delta Crisis
09 January 2008 Vanguard Defence Chief Declares 'Red Alert' in N-Delta
23 May 2008 This Day How 46 Soldiers Were Burnt to Death
08 July 2008 Vanguard GOC, Officials in Akure to Pay Striking Soldiers
08 July 2008 This Day Soldiers' Protest - House Summons Defence Minister, Azazi
02 August 2008 Daily Trust Army Presence Will Beef Up Security in Jigawa - Lamido
09 August 2008 This Day Security Beefed Up in Azazi's Country Home
12 October 2008 Daily Trust NDA Boss Calls for Combat Alertness
16 October 2008 Vanguard Mutiny - Soldiers Petition Senate
03 January 2009 Vanguard Jos Latest - 26 Mercenaries Arrested
06 January 2009 This Day Jos Crisis - House Committee Begins Sitting
10 January 2009 Vanguard Shake-Up in Army
11 January 2009 Vanguard Army Retires 12 Generals, 94 Others, Chong is New Chief of Staff, Liberia Armed Forces
14 January 2009 This Day Mutiny - 'Court Action Negates Rule of Law'
17 January 2009 Daily Trust Jos - Soldier Shoots 25-Year-Old Man
27 January 2009 This Day I'll Tackle Jos Crisis - New GOC
26 February 2009 Vanguard Igbo Stores Closed as Peace Returns to Bauchi
12 March 2009 Vanguard FG Merges Military Forces in N-Delta
17 March 2009 Daily Trust Benue Builds on Relationship With Army
22 March 2009 This Day Jos, Bauchi Crisis - Any Hand of Terror?
29 July 2009 This Day Shoot-Out in Maiduguri as Soldiers Battle Fanatics
17 September 2009 This Day Soldiers Nab Vandals at Atlas Cove Depot
02 October 2009 Vanguard We'll Checkmate Militants' Activities, Says Army Boss
13 October 2009 This Day UN to Accredit Nigerian Army Peacekeeping Centre
26 January 2010 This Day Yar'Adua - Army Restricts Movement of Soldiers
17 March 2010 Daily Trust Much Ado About Dambazau
19 May 2010 This Day 2011 - Army Will Review Operations, Says Dambazau.
25 September 2010 Daily Champion Jonathan Sacks GOCs, Redeploys Others
27 September 2010 Daily Trust Sacked GOCs Get New Posts
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
03 December 2010 This Day Army Pardons Akure 27 -Falana Lauds Decision
28 January 2011 Leadership 24 Killed in Bauchi, Jos Attacks
07 February 2011 This Day Army Will Tackle Security Lapses
22 June 2011 This Day Internal Security - Army Modifies Training to Tackle Terrorism
27 June 2011 Daily Independent Army Dismisses Soldier for Violating BRT Rule
12 July 2011 Daily Trust Bomb Blast - Army Urged to Be On Alert
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
05 September 2011 Daily Trust Idoko Assumes Duty As GOC, 82 Division
26 December 2011 Daily Trust Suicide Bomber Hits Yobe SSS HQ, Four Killed
26 December 2011 Daily Trust Suicide Bombers Spoil Christmas
08 February 2012 The Moment Army Withdraws Troops From Lagos Security Outfit
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
20 June 2012 Daily Trust Damaturu - 40 Killed in JTF, Gunmen Clash
17 July 2012 Daily Trust Gunmen Attack Police Formations in Damaturu
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
31 August 2012 Daily Trust Be Battle Ready At All Times, Ihejirika Tells Soldiers
16 September 2012 This Day Boko Haram - Nigeria Army Compensates Families of Slain Soldiers
05 October 2012 This Day Jonathan Names New CDS, Service Chiefs
21 November 2012 Daily Trust Crime - Army to Deploy Soldiers to Ogun
22 December 2012 Leadership GOC Urges Anambra Residents to Volunteer Information On Criminals
03 January 2013 Daily Trust Gen. Minimah May Become Army Chief - More Retirements Coming
28 January 2013 Daily Trust Army Redeploys Minimah, Others
29 January 2013 Leadership Major Shakeup in Army - COAS Redeploys 317 Officers
02 February 2013 Daily Trust Awala Is New GOC 3 Division - Army
11 March 2013 Daily Trust 700 Soldiers Leave for Liberia
09 April 2013 This Day Amnesty Committee Mulls Conditions for Boko Haram
18 May 2013 This Day Military Intensifies Campaign Against Insurgents' Stronghold