Profile of Lieutenant General Lamidi Adeosun, the man that may succeed Buratai as Chief of Army Staff

Lamidi Adeosun, is an experienced infantry officer with cognate administrative and battle experience.

He was the chief of training and operations at the Nigerian Army headquarters in Abuja. At the time of the 2015 general elections, he was the General Officer Commanding (GOC) in charge of 7 Division of the Army in Maiduguri. He was later redeployed to head the Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF), headquartered in Chad.

He was replaced as MNJTF commander with General Lucky Irabor in May, 2017, and was recalled to the Defence Headquarters as Director of Administration.

In December 2017, Mr Adeosun achieved one of the major dreams of every military officer–that of heading one’s corps — as he was appointed as Commander of the Infantry Corps. He headed the Infantry Corps for seven months before he was redeployed in July 2018 to his present position as chief of training and operations.

As chief of operations at Army headquarters, Mr Adeosun heads the Department of Army Training and Operations (DATOPS), which is responsible for the training, planning and directing of military operations by continuous assessment and evaluation of possible threat areas in the overall national defence.

Mr Adeosun was promoted major general on July 4, 2014. Having been enrolled into the Army on July 4, 1983, the officer is due to retire in July this year.

Major General Adeosun was born in Ola-Oluwa Local Government of Osun State on August 22, 1963.

 

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