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Obida T. Ethnan [+] Print this page

Also known as: O. T. Etan | OT Ethan | Obidah Ethan | Obidah T. Ethan [+]

Country: Nigeria [+]

Last seen as

General Officer Commanding, Major General, Commander of 7 Division (Army/Military) on 31 December 2013 [+]

Postings

Unit Rank Role Official Title First Cited Date Last Cited Date
7 Division [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] General Officer Commanding [+] 22 August 2013 [+] 31 December 2013 [+]
Operation Zaman Lafiya [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] August 2013 [+] January 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
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
Rogers Ibe Nicholas [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 23 Armoured Brigade [+] 27 December 2013 [+] 11 June 2014 [+] 166 days
Muhammed Idris Yusuf [+] Colonel [+] Commander [+] 21 Armoured Brigade [+] 19 September 2013 [+] 10 December 2013 [+] 82 days
Fatai Oladipo Alli [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 23 Armoured Brigade [+] 20 May 2013 [+] 10 December 2013 [+] 204 days
R.O. Bamigboye [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 21 Armoured Brigade [+] 15 February 2012 [+] September 2013 [+] ~564 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
21 November 2012 Daily Trust Crime - Army to Deploy Soldiers to Ogun
20 December 2012 Daily Trust Army Promotes 59 Generals
29 January 2013 Leadership Major Shakeup in Army - COAS Redeploys 317 Officers
22 May 2013 Daily Trust Suspected Insurgents Arrested in Adamawa
21 May 2013 Daily Trust Two Hundred Troops Arrive Adamawa
01 June 2013 This Day Released Suspected Boko Haram Children Spies, Women Handed Over to Governors
16 June 2013 Daily Trust Army Relaxes Curfew in Adamawa
20 September 2013 Leadership SSS Foils Kidnap of Ex-President's Daughters
20 September 2013 Daily Trust Benisheik Attack Death Toll Now 161
19 October 2013 This Day Nigeria, UK, U
28 October 2013 Leadership Four Soldiers Killed As Boko Haram Attacks Borno Village
30 November 2013 This Day 2015 - Army Prepares Agaist Violence
28 December 2013 This Day In Major Shake-Up, Army Redeploys Senior Officers
08 January 2014 This Day 23 Brigade Commandant Promise to End Insurgency
08 March 2014 Leadership The Impact Of Border Closure Between Nigeria And Cameroon
12 June 2014 This Day Television Viewing Centres in Adamawa, Yobe Shut Down
23 June 2014 This Day From Freedom to Fear
06 September 2014 Leadership Insurgents Seize the Gulak Village
Nigerian Army LT GEN OA IHEJIRIKA
Nigerian Army Nigerian Army | 7 Division
07 September 2013 Leadership Troops Kill 50 Insurgents, As Army Chief Visits Borno
06 July 1994 Armed Forces Ruling Council Armed Forces Act Part III S.8(b)
19 September 2013 Leadership FG Deploys Soldiers in Nasarawa
04 September 2013 The Sun (Nigeria) New GOC, others appointed as Army retires 7 generals
12 December 2013 Daily Trust Promotion - Army Gets 27 New Major Generals, 75 Brigadiers
24 November 2013 This Day Army Demands Discipline From Civilian JTF
23 September 2013 This Day Benisheikh Ambush - Residents Ask for Restoration of Telecoms Services
20 September 2013 This Day Borno Highway Ambush - 142 Corpses Evacuated From Bushes
21 May 2013 This Day Curfew Relaxed in Borno, Yobe as 200 Troops Storm Adamawa
14 February 2014 This Day Students Flee Campus for Fear of Boko Haram Attack
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
14 September 2011 Vanguard Army, Airforce Move Into Jos
16 February 2012 Vanguard Boko Haram - Massive Shake-Up in the Army
02 July 2012 Vanguard 3 killed, one arrested as JTF, terrorists clash in Damaturu
29 January 2014 Vanguard Adamawa Church Attack - Death Toll Rises to 138
25 October 2014 Vanguard Terrorism - Army Sends GOC to Office
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