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Stephenson Olabanji [+] Print this page

Also known as: AO Olabanji | Stevenson Olabanji [+]

Country: Nigeria [+]

Last seen as

Acting General Officer Commanding, Brigadier General, Commander of 8 Task Force Division (Army/Military) on 12 June 2017 [+]

Postings

Unit Rank Role Official Title First Cited Date Last Cited Date
8 Task Force Division [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] Acting General Officer Commanding [+] 27 May 2017 [+] 12 June 2017 [+]
2 Amphibious Brigade [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 26 August 2015 [+] 6 February 2016 [+]
3 Motorized Brigade [+] Commander [+]

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
Tukur Yusufu Buratai [+] Lieutenant General [+] Commander [+] Nigerian Army [+] 4 August 2015 [+] 27 January 2021 [+] 2003 days
Ibrahim Attahiru [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 82 Division [+] 15 January 2016 [+] 18 November 2016 [+] 308 days
Ibrahim Attahiru [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 82 Division [+] 29 July 2015 [+] 9 December 2015 [+] 133 days
Owoye Andrew Azazi [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 1 Mechanised Division [+] Unknown Unknown Unknown
Kamaldeen Role [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 1 Mechanised Division [+] Unknown Unknown Unknown
Adeniyi Oyabade [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 1 Mechanised Division [+] Unknown Unknown Unknown
Joseph Shoboiki [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 1 Mechanised Division [+] Unknown Unknown Unknown
Garba Ayodele Wahab [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 1 Mechanised Division [+] Unknown Unknown Unknown
Moses Obi [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 1 Mechanised Division [+] Unknown Unknown Unknown
Lawrence Jokotola [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 1 Mechanised Division [+] Unknown Unknown Unknown
SA Asemota [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 1 Mechanised Division [+] Unknown Unknown Unknown
DRA Ndefo [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 1 Mechanised Division [+] Unknown Unknown Unknown
DRA Ndefo [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 1 Mechanised Division [+] Unknown Unknown Unknown
Kenneth Osuji [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] 1 Mechanised Division [+] Unknown 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
Christopher Musa [+] Lieutenant Colonel [+] Commander [+] 73 Battalion [+] Unknown Unknown Unknown
Iliyasu Isah Abbah [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] Joint Task Force Kano State [+] Unknown Unknown Unknown

Sources

List of all sources used to evidence the data in this record Click the "+" symbol next to every data point in the record to see the sources used for that data point.
Publication Date Publisher Publication Title Access Date Archive Link
01 July 2005 This Day Nigerian Soldiers Depart for Sudan
01 August 2007 Daily Trust Why We Retired Army Generals - Yar'Adua
01 September 2007 This Day Soldiers Reprimanded for Role in Liberia
24 September 2007 Leadership Army Goc Warns Soldiers Against Civilians
13 December 2007 Vanguard Bayelsa Govt Gives Militia Groups Speed Boats
31 December 2007 Leadership How Bayelsa AG's Father Was Saved -- JTF
10 January 2008 This Day Militants - Military Begins Full-Scale Onslaught
09 January 2008 Vanguard Defence Chief Declares 'Red Alert' in N-Delta
24 June 2008 This Day Bayelsa Militants Engage in Supremacy Battle
18 July 2008 This Day FG Changes Gear on Niger Delta Summit
20 July 2008 This Day Militants Kill Three Soldiers, Four Civilians
02 August 2008 Daily Trust Army Presence Will Beef Up Security in Jigawa - Lamido
05 August 2008 This Day Soldiers Raze Agge, Bayelsa Town
12 October 2008 Daily Trust NDA Boss Calls for Combat Alertness
10 January 2009 Vanguard Shake-Up in Army
13 October 2009 This Day UN to Accredit Nigerian Army Peacekeeping Centre
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
08 March 2012 This Day Call Your Men to Order,' Emir of Kano Tells Army Commander
21 March 2012 The Moment JTF Kills Nine Boko Haram Members
25 March 2012 Leadership JTF Pounds Suspected Boko Haram Hideout in Kano
16 September 2012 This Day Boko Haram - Nigeria Army Compensates Families of Slain Soldiers
18 May 2013 This Day Military Intensifies Campaign Against Insurgents' Stronghold
31 May 2013 Daily Trust 'Hezbollah Behind Kano Weapons Cache'
10 October 2013 Daily Trust JTF Destroys Kano Bomb Factory
14 July 2015 Leadership Buhari Replaces NSA, Service Chiefs
14 August 2015 Daily Independent Crush Boko Haram in Three Months, Buhari Orders Military Chiefs
09 September 2015 Daily Trust Kano Govt to Facilitate N2 Billion Loan for SMEs - Gov Ganduje
05 May 2016 The Guardian (Nigeria) Military to Review Counter-Insurgency War
Nigerian Army Nigerian Army 1 Division.
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)
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
07 February 2016 Leadership Attack On Oil Facilities: Army To Engage Niger Delta Communities In Dialogue
18 March 2016 News Agency of Nigeria Army kill 35 bandits, arrest 39 in North West -- GOC
05 August 2017 The Nation (Nigeria) Why insecurity is escalating – Buratai
26 June 2015 The Nation (Nigeria) Nigeria deploys 700 soldiers to Liberia
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
15 December 2015 Daily Trust We Arrested Zakzaky, Wife - Army
14 December 2015 The Guardian (Nigeria) Our role in Bayelsa polls, by military
30 July 2015 Premium Times Major shake-up in Nigerian Army, 334 top officers redeployed
19 March 2016 Premium Times 35 bandits killed, 39 others arrested in North-East – Nigerian Army
13 February 2014 The Punch Army redeploys 127 senior officers
07 June 2014 The Punch Boko Haram: Army court-martials officers for cowardice, others
09 December 2015 The Tide Tambuwal Flays Poor Ranking Of Nigerian Varsities
13 February 2014 This Day Army, Navy Redeploy Senior Officers
06 February 2014 This Day Jonathan Charges Service Chiefs to Crush Boko Haram Insurgents
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
18 August 2012 Vanguard Presidency Moves to Avert Attacks on Mosques, Churches During Sallah
25 December 2012 Vanguard JTF discovers, detonates bombs in Kano
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
13 June 2017 The Guardian (Nigeria) Army kill Boko Haram leader, rescue nine children
18 November 2015 The Guardian (Nigeria) MASSOB counters Buhari, sure of UN referendum on Biafra
26 August 2015 The Guardian (Nigeria) Army seeks NDDC support to sustain peace in N’Delta
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
22 April 2016 Amnesty International Nigeria: Unearthing The Truth: Unlawful Killings and Mass Cover-Up in Zaria.
23 August 2015 Daily Trust Army redeploys GOCs, 329 officers
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
03 October 2020 Radio Nigeria Army Chief advocates compliance to military tradition 22 October 2020
18 November 2016 This Day Army Arrests 37 Boko Haram Suspects in Lagos, Ogun
16 February 2013 Vanguard Allegations of Ethnic Considerations in Retirements, Postings, Re-Deployment, Recruitment in the Army
01 May 2016 Vanguard Benue, Enugu Killings: Islamic group reacts, says blaming Fulani herdsmen “absurd”
28 October 2016 Vanguard GOC 82 Div
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