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Who Is Maj Gen Attahiru Ibrahim?
Major General Attahiru Ibrahim is the new Nigeria's Chief of Army Staff who has replaced Buratai.

Before the appointment of Maj Gen Attahiru Ibrahim as the new Chief of Army Staff, he was incharge of the 82 Division, Nigerian Army.

Maj Gen Attahiru Ibrahim was appointed to lead the offensive against Boko Haram in the North-East in May 2017.

He was later replaced with another general, Nicholas Rogers, who led a special military and police force to tackle ethnic clashes in the volatile central region.


Here is a report about Major General Attahiru Ibrahim by The Cable in December 2017.

Army replaces commander in war against Boko Haram — after six months

Attahiru Ibrahim, a major general, has been removed from his position as the theatre commander of the Lafiya Dole operation.

TheCable understands that Ibrahim has been replaced by Rogers Nicholas, a major general who was formerly in charge of logistics at the army headquarters.

Ibrahim is expected to resume as deputy chief of policy and plans at the army headquarters.

His removal is said to be linked to the seeming inefficiency of his command in tackling the Boko Haram insurgency.

In May, he took over the theatre command from Lucky Irabor who is now coordinating the multinational joint task force (MNJTF).

Since then, suicide bombings and attacks on military formations have been on the rise.

In June, barely a month after Ibrahim took over, Boko Haram insurgents attacked Maiduguri, the Borno state capital.

The month after, a group of geologists and technologists from the University of Maiduguri were ambushed by Boko Haram insurgents at Magumeri area of Borno state. About 12 soldiers who escorted the academics were reportedly killed.

Some members of staff of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on the team were also killed in the brutal ambush.

Tukur Buratai, chief of army staff, in August gave a 40-day ultimatum for Ibrahim and his troops to capture Abubakar Shekau, the leader of the Boko Haram sect, but this is yet to be achieved.

Months after the army chief had ordered the capture of Shekau, the sect, using four female suicide bombers, attacked Muna Gari, a suburb of Maiduguri, killing about 14 persons.

Series of attacks were also carried out in Adamawa state.

About 40 people were killed when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives in a mosque in Yola.

A unit commander of the army and about 15 soldiers were killed in November when the insurgents attacked a military unit in Sassawa, Yobe state.

A recent attack was carried out in Biu, Borno state, where two suicide bombers detonated their explosives in a market, killing about 18 people.

https://www.thecable.ng/army-removes-operation-lafiya-dole-theatre-commander/amp

Full Profile Of The New Chief Of Army Staff Gen Attahiru

Major General Ibrahim Attahiru was born on 10 August 1966 in Doka, Kaduna North Local Government Area, Kaduna State. He is a graduate of the Nigerian Defence Academy, Armed Forces Command and Staff College and Nigerian Army School of Infantry.

He commenced cadets training in January 1984 and was commissioned in the rank of Second Lieutenant in December 1986 as an Infantry Officer.

General Attahiru has held several appointments on the staff, instructional and in command in the course of his military career. He had a tour of duty with the United Nations in Sierra Leone as a Military Observer, where he facilitated United Kingdom military engagement, Operation BARASS in September 2000.

He was an Operations Officer and later Company Commander in NIBATT 19 ECOMOG Operations in Liberia. Also, he had the unique privilege of having commanded with distinction all through the chain of command in the Nigerian Army. Prominent among these appointments are Commanding Officer 146 Battalion Nigerian Army (Operation HARMONY IV) in the Bakassi Peninsula, Commander 13 Brigade Nigerian Army (Operation PULO SHIELD), General Officer Commanding 82 Division Nigerian Army.

He was one time Theatre Commander Operation LAFIA DOLE (the Counter Terrorism and Counter Insurgency Outfit in North Eastern Nigeria). It is on record that he brought relative stability to the region with the surrender of several Boko Haram combatants.

On the staff, he was unit Adjutant, 7 Battalion Nigerian Army, Sarti. Chief of Staff, 1 Brigade Nigerian Army, Sokoto. General Staff Officer Grade 1 Training/Operations and as well as Staff Duties/Plans at the Headquarters 1, 2 and 81 Divisions of the Nigerian Army. He was Deputy Director Military Secretary 2 at the AHQ MS (A) and one-time Director Army Public Relations and Spokesperson of the Nigerian Army.

He was later Director Staff Duties and Deputy Chief of Policy and Plans at the Army Headquarters. He was equally privileged to serve as Chief of Defence Transformation and Innovation and Chief of Defence Logistics at the apex organ of the Armed Forces of Nigeria, Defence Headquarters Abuja. In that position he worked with the US Defence Logistics Agency on the Vertically Integrated Logistics Approach (VILA) Programme towards enhancing the operational readiness in the Armed Forces of Nigeria.

On the Instructional, he was privileged to be an Instructor at the Depot Nigerian Army, Nigerian Defence Academy and the Nigerian Army School of Infantry.

He was later a Directing Staff and Chief Instructor at the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji-Nigeria.

General Attahiru has been exposed to leadership and professional development programmes at globally renowned institutions. He was at the National Defence College Kenya for the National Defence Management and Security Studies Course and at the Chinese Peoples Liberation Army Special Forces Academy Shijiazhuang-Hubei Province, China for the Basic and Advanced Special/Operations Commando Forces Courses.

He has undertaken leadership and security policy courses at the prestigious Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University USA, Graduate School of Media and Communication, Agha Khan University Kenya, Bournemouth University Disaster Management Center and the Geneva Centre for Security Policy.

The General has several honours and awards to his credit. He holds a Masters degree in Strategic Management and Policy Studies from the Nigerian Defence Academy, Masters of Science in Human Resources Management and Development from Salford University in the United Kingdom and Graduate Diploma in International Studies from the University of Nairobi, Kenya.

The General is happily married and blessed with children.

https://www.google.com/url?q=https://prnigeria.com/2021/01/27/army-chief-ibrahim-attahiru/&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwiW_9Ge8

Will bokoharam and herdsmen killing stop now?

His removal is said to be linked to the seeming inefficiency of his command in tackling the Boko Haram insurgency.

In May, he took over the theatre command from Lucky Irabor who is now coordinating the multinational joint task force (MNJTF). Since then, suicide bombings and attacks on military formations have been on the rise.

Imagine! Even with this well chronicled streaks of woes that befell the nation after he took over command from Irabor because of his inefficiency & cluelessness, Buhari still appointed this failure as COAS? He robbed Lt.Gen. Lamidi Adeosun. Nepotism is corruption.

This one doesn't look serious. Judging from the first pics, he's just trying to force himself to look serious.

Meanwhile must politics be placed above merit when appointing the COAS? What ever happened to Lamidi Adeosun, Adeosun is more deserving.

Anyways, Buratai is the worse COAS ever and I'm sure there are silent and secret jubilations in all army barracks and formations Nationwide.

I'm sorry, this report doesn't instill confidence in his ability to deliver with several incidences during his reign as the theatre commander, judging from what I read up there. But also considering that this war against Boko Haram is a very complex and complicated one, a lot of sabotage might have occured. And then, not much has changed since his time in charge except that we now don't have as much suicide bombings as there used to be before.

To warn every body in advance; This was the guy that was the commander of 82 DIV Enugu, during those days of endless massacres of IPOB protesters from Aba to Onitsha and from Nkpor to Enugu! A very haughty fellow who failed miserably as the field commander operation lafiya whateva, he was replaced basically because of his incompetence. For a long time, it has been rumoured that he might be appointed to this position. With his wayward disregard for lives, folks need to be ready for more massacres and total disregard for human lives and the rule of law.. This guy should be at the Hague and not at Army headquarters..

The same the same people... somebody that was removed as the commander of operation lafiya dole bcoz of inefficiency of his command to tackle the insurgence...someone who failed during his time as the commander of operation lafiya dole is the one to now command the whole Army!

This is a very bad profile

Judging from the past record of this new Chief of Army Staff, he hasn’t been appointed to deal with the insurgency in the North East but any uprising in the middle belt and the southern part of the country

Ok

He is just another slowpoke....

Good.
May God give him the wisdom,zeal and strength to do what is necessary to end terrorizim in naija.

This profile reeks of so many inefficiencies tho...

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Chai!...

Dear Nigeria,

May that day arise when the raging storm shall stand still...

Drops pen.

Big head

I'm depressed

Ok

Same wine
New skin

Work well

Dont be a Buhari's boy

Way forward

Raise up your hands if you think this guy looks like an ivory coast citizen

What is the fate of the only Lieutenant General in the country (Lt Gen Adeosun) and all our gallant major generals?

Ok..

She no Yoruba, Igbo, irhobo, or calabar man for army ni

Okay. All the very best sir.