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Here is an overview of Abacha’s rise through the ranks in the Nigerian Army: -Commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant: 1963 -Lieutenant: 1966 -Captain: 1967 -Platoon and Battalion Commander, Training Department, Commander, 2nd Infantry Division, Major: 1969 -Lieutenant Colonel: 1972 -Commanding Officer, 2nd Infantry Brigade, Colonel: 1975 -Brigadier: 1980As a Major-General. -Major-General: 1984 -General Officer Commanding (GOC), 2nd Mechanized Division: 1984-85
As a Major-General.
As a Major-General.
With the rank of a Major General of the Nigerian Army. Abacha was the first Chief of Army Staff to spend five years on the post and he was also the first officer in the Nigerian Army to attain the rank of a full four-star General before becoming the Head of State.
With the rank of a Major General of the Nigerian Army. Abacha was the first Chief of Army Staff to spend five years on the post and he was also the first officer in the Nigerian Army to attain the rank of a full four-star General before becoming the Head of State.
-Chief of Army Staff: 1985 -Member, Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC): 1985 -Lieutenant-General:1987 -Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff: 1989 -Minister of Defence: 1990 -Secretary of Defence: 26th August, 1993-Head of State & Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces: 17th November 1993.

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