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Re: Chronicles Of Chiefs Of Army Staff (COAS) Of Nigeria by xavuv: 1:50pm On Apr 15, 2025
Only 2 heros here.

Lt. Gen Sani Abacha βœ…βœ…
Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja. βœ…βœ…

RIP to both of them.
Re: Chronicles Of Chiefs Of Army Staff (COAS) Of Nigeria by Wonderlabius: 1:54pm On Apr 15, 2025
Na wah o. See Yoruba everywhere...
Re: Chronicles Of Chiefs Of Army Staff (COAS) Of Nigeria by Drefaithful(m): 1:55pm On Apr 15, 2025
Thank you for this, however, there are some officers in the list that their corps were not properly captured. Thus the following are what i know to be fact concerning some of the officers.


Gen Alwali KAZIR was an Artillery Officer
Gen Martin Luther Agwai was an Armour Officer
Gen Azubuike Ihejerika was an Engineer Officer
Re: Chronicles Of Chiefs Of Army Staff (COAS) Of Nigeria by rummmy: 1:57pm On Apr 15, 2025
froxydydx:
What about the other 200+ tribes that have not produced any service chief?
we have 3 tribes in NIGERIA.....others are sub tribes
Re: Chronicles Of Chiefs Of Army Staff (COAS) Of Nigeria by eastOFwest(m): 1:58pm On Apr 15, 2025
Racoon:
@Nigerian Military Fact on
https://www.facebook.com/share/18w8FbnvAh/
You yourself, do you see any heroes there? Look at the state of the army and soldiers right now.
Re: Chronicles Of Chiefs Of Army Staff (COAS) Of Nigeria by crossbreedwears(m): 2:00pm On Apr 15, 2025
I would pick Lt Gen Sanni Abacha because he was able to protect the seat of power as COAS and also as CDS. He was also loyal to General IBB all his lifetime. I wish we can have majority of such people now! Lastly, the person who posted the news did a mistake about Lt Geneal Ihejirika corps. He was in Engineers, not infanty
Racoon:
Lt General Salisu Ibrahim is my best COAS. Followed by General Martin Luther Agwai, Major Mohammed Christian Ali and Lt General Sanni Abacha.

As would be expected, the infantry corps of the army( mother of all corps) really dominated and personalized the COAS position over the ages.
Re: Chronicles Of Chiefs Of Army Staff (COAS) Of Nigeria by eastOFwest(m): 2:01pm On Apr 15, 2025
AndroBlaze:
Please help me ask him if he saw an Edo, Efik, Urhobo or any other major ethnic group in the South there too..... to think the SE is the same region we are hearing are struggling to fill their quota for recruitment yet those that have been filling it on a steady still don't even have one COAS
COAS comes from NDA intake, not korofo intake
Re: Chronicles Of Chiefs Of Army Staff (COAS) Of Nigeria by crossbreedwears(m): 2:03pm On Apr 15, 2025
Them no dey use mouth talk coup. If only what involves in coup plot
Pootle:
military my first love....nigerians should thank their stars cos if to say i pass nd enter NDA e sure for me say i for later plan coup and i no go relinquish power till i kpai
Re: Chronicles Of Chiefs Of Army Staff (COAS) Of Nigeria by mrvitalis(m): 2:04pm On Apr 15, 2025
AndroBlaze:
Please help me ask him if he saw an Edo, Efik, Urhobo or any other major ethnic group in the South there too..... to think the SE is the same region we are hearing are struggling to fill their quota for recruitment yet those that have been filling it on a steady still don't even have one COAS
How many of those tribe occupy a full geopolitical zone... When people say igbos are marginalised they usually mean south east

1/6 of every position in nigeria should be people from South East... If that's not the case it's marginalization
Re: Chronicles Of Chiefs Of Army Staff (COAS) Of Nigeria by crossbreedwears(m): 2:04pm On Apr 15, 2025
Yes oh
AndroBlaze:
Is Gowon the first Chief of Army Staff in Nigeria?
Re: Chronicles Of Chiefs Of Army Staff (COAS) Of Nigeria by crossbreedwears(m): 2:05pm On Apr 15, 2025
Lt General Ihejirika was in Engineer corps, not Infantry oh
Re: Chronicles Of Chiefs Of Army Staff (COAS) Of Nigeria by crossbreedwears(m): 2:06pm On Apr 15, 2025
Absolutely correct ny bro. Lt General Ihejirika was in engineer corps
ucheicon:
Correct some information. Chris Alli is from Kogi not Delta. Azubuike Ihejirika was an Engineers officer not Infantry. Aliyu Mohammed was actually an Infantry officer. He just spent alot of his career in senior Intelligence roles as a result of trust by his superiors and competence. An example of this is also Brig Gen Sabo,DMI under Abacha. He was an Infantry officer
Re: Chronicles Of Chiefs Of Army Staff (COAS) Of Nigeria by crossbreedwears(m): 2:07pm On Apr 15, 2025
He be like say you no sabi General Wushishi and General Aliyu Gusau
xavuv:
Only 2 heros here.

Lt. Gen Sani Abacha βœ…βœ…
Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja. βœ…βœ…

RIP to both of them.
Re: Chronicles Of Chiefs Of Army Staff (COAS) Of Nigeria by GenghisCan(m): 2:10pm On Apr 15, 2025
Please what’s the meaning of this infantry?
Re: Chronicles Of Chiefs Of Army Staff (COAS) Of Nigeria by PHIPEX(m): 2:14pm On Apr 15, 2025
How many Igbo names did you see on that list?

But you blame the South East youths for shunning the ongoing military recruitment
Re: Chronicles Of Chiefs Of Army Staff (COAS) Of Nigeria by ogaemma: 2:24pm On Apr 15, 2025
Rest in Peace to General Lagbaja and Atahiru.
Only God knows what exactly killed them in office.
Any official News in Nigeria don't have NAFDAC number.
They are all brave Soldiers apart from Tukur Burutia that so many of our young and promising Soldiers died under his watch in the North East and North West.
They need to probe the tenure of that man.
Re: Chronicles Of Chiefs Of Army Staff (COAS) Of Nigeria by Toymax88: 2:25pm On Apr 15, 2025
No one from Kwara
Re: Chronicles Of Chiefs Of Army Staff (COAS) Of Nigeria by 1972xy: 2:32pm On Apr 15, 2025
Lt Gen Sanni Abacha..."85 to 1990.
Security stability during his period was uncommon...all west African countries were under his watch.
Re: Chronicles Of Chiefs Of Army Staff (COAS) Of Nigeria by Pootle: 2:35pm On Apr 15, 2025
crossbreedwears:
Them no dey use mouth talk coup. If only what involves in coup plot
my uncle knew what i was capable of he was a brigadier he told them to never allow me pass nor sit for the exam after the first trial, as a kid in the barrack every one then believe i will surely join the military because the moral excess then bro
Re: Chronicles Of Chiefs Of Army Staff (COAS) Of Nigeria by Blackshared: 2:38pm On Apr 15, 2025
Where is late Jones arogbofa in all this?
Re: Chronicles Of Chiefs Of Army Staff (COAS) Of Nigeria by ruggedtimi(m): 2:43pm On Apr 15, 2025
MightySparrow:
Truly Igbo is marginalized.
on this list i disagree.
Re: Chronicles Of Chiefs Of Army Staff (COAS) Of Nigeria by sunnymighty(m): 2:47pm On Apr 15, 2025
AndroBlaze:
Please help me ask him if he saw an Edo, Efik, Urhobo or any other major ethnic group in the South there too..... to think the SE is the same region we are hearing are struggling to fill their quota for recruitment yet those that have been filling it on a steady still don't even have one COAS
David Ejoor is Urhobo.
Re: Chronicles Of Chiefs Of Army Staff (COAS) Of Nigeria by Ringstonermasks: 2:52pm On Apr 15, 2025
my grand father
Re: Chronicles Of Chiefs Of Army Staff (COAS) Of Nigeria by Basicend:
Am not a Tinubu fan. . But I love the way the way the man has been able to stamp names of Yoruba people in major power roles in the nation.

The man no send anybody.

Look at the list therein, it was until Tinubu came that you could see a Yoruba name there (apart from no. 6).

See NNPC leadership overhaul, I love what he did there. Same in many other key places.

Hausa and Fulanis have permeated everywhere, and turned those systems upside down. Let others try too.

Only lions can have any meaningful impact in tough places like Nigeria.
Re: Chronicles Of Chiefs Of Army Staff (COAS) Of Nigeria by Ewedegubbler: 2:58pm On Apr 15, 2025
Abacha and Ihejirika
Re: Chronicles Of Chiefs Of Army Staff (COAS) Of Nigeria by shadrach77: 3:03pm On Apr 15, 2025
Only 6 out of 28 are from the south
Re: Chronicles Of Chiefs Of Army Staff (COAS) Of Nigeria by geoworldedu: 3:04pm On Apr 15, 2025
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Re: Chronicles Of Chiefs Of Army Staff (COAS) Of Nigeria by valentineuwakwe(m): 3:07pm On Apr 15, 2025
Smartcitizen:
The best Chief of Army staff in Nigeria is Gen Azubike Ihejirika who under his regime Nigeria never lost any local government to BOKO HARAM ( according to Baba Jide Otitoju of TVC).

This man was so ruthless to BOKO HARAM that the northern leaders were crying up and down threatening to drag him to ICJ.

You said it all....he was even going to the theatre of war fighting n directing the fights against boko haram then in Borno state until the radicals in the North called for his removal!


It was under him that BUHARI made the useless statement, AN ATTACK ON BOKO HARAM IS AN ATTACK ON THE NORTH.

It was under this man that the army dealt a big blow to all the criminal kidnapping gangs terrorising Abia State and Abia became peaceful again.

Let's give honor to who honor is due.

God bless you Gen Azubike Ihejirika.

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Re: Chronicles Of Chiefs Of Army Staff (COAS) Of Nigeria by shadrach77: 3:11pm On Apr 15, 2025
14 Christians
Re: Chronicles Of Chiefs Of Army Staff (COAS) Of Nigeria by Akinpresident: 3:20pm On Apr 15, 2025
Smartcitizen:
The best Chief of Army staff in Nigeria is Gen Azubike Ihejirika who under his regime Nigeria never lost any local government to BOKO HARAM ( according to Baba Jide Otitoju of TVC).

This man was so ruthless to BOKO HARAM that the northern leaders were crying up and down threatening to drag him to ICJ.



It was under him that BUHARI made the useless statement, AN ATTACK ON BOKO HARAM IS AN ATTACK ON THE NORTH.

It was under this man that the army dealt a big blow to all the criminal kidnapping gangs terrorising Abia State and Abia became peaceful again.

Let's give honor to who honor is due.

God bless you Gen Azubike Ihejirika.

πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘
That's Nigeria's best COAS so far followed by Attahiru
Re: Chronicles Of Chiefs Of Army Staff (COAS) Of Nigeria by Image123(m): 3:22pm On Apr 15, 2025
Why did you do that?
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