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Adamu Baba Abubakar [+] Print this page

Also known as: Adamu Abubakar [+]

Country: Nigeria [+]

Last seen as

General Officer Commanding, Major General, Commander of 82 Division (Army/Military) on 15 October 2017 [+]

Postings

Unit Rank Role Official Title First Cited Date Last Cited Date
82 Division [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] General Officer Commanding [+] 25 December 2016 [+] 15 October 2017 [+]

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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

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
AK Ibrahim (14 Brigade) [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 14 Brigade [+] 13 September 2017 [+] 15 October 2017 [+] 32 days
HI Bature [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 34 Field Artillery Brigade [+] 17 May 2017 [+] 15 October 2017 [+] 151 days
Abdulmalik Bulama Biu [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 13 Amphibious Brigade [+] July 2016 [+] 13 June 2017 [+] ~347 days
Kuta Ishiaku [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 34 Field Artillery Brigade [+] 2015 [+] 16 May 2017 [+] ~866 days
Lawrence Fejokwu [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 14 Brigade [+] 3 February 2016 [+] 19 March 2017 [+] 410 days

Sources

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Publication Date Publisher Publication Title Access Date Archive Link
14 July 2015 Leadership Buhari Replaces NSA, Service Chiefs
14 August 2015 Daily Independent Crush Boko Haram in Three Months, Buhari Orders Military Chiefs
05 May 2016 The Guardian (Nigeria) Military to Review Counter-Insurgency War
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
20 July 2015 Leadership Burutai Visits Troops in Konduga, Renames Counter Insurgency Outfit
18 February 2016 Leadership Army Relocates Tactical Headquarters to Aba
13 June 2017 The Sun (Nigeria) Ayade, soldiers commend outgoing 13 Brigade Commander
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
13 February 2017 Champion Newspapers GOC urges stakeholders to end perennial communal clashes in A’ibom, Cross River states
08 June 2016 Premium Times Special Report - Inside the Massive Extrajudicial Killings in Nigeria's South-East
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
01 October 2017 The Punch Boko Haram attacks Bama, service chiefs to visit Borno 06 August 2018
19 March 2017 Channels Television Police Commit To Tackling Herdsmen Crises In Abia
28 January 2021 Premium Times Attahiru assumes office as new army chief as Buratai bows out 16 November 2021
26 December 2016 Premium Times Nigerian Army ends Operation Python Dance in South-East – Official
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
11 September 2017 This Day Army Reconciles Warring Communities in Cross River, Ebonyi States
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