General Maikobi Takes
General Maikobi Takes over as GOV 82 Division of Nigerian Army,
Visits Ebonyi
The General Officer Commanding (GOC)82 Division Nigerian Army,
Major General Abubakar Sadiq Maikobi has paid a courtesy visit to
the Governor Ebonyi State Engineer David Umahi Nweze FNSE today
Saturday the 5th of January 2018.
While stating the purpose of the visit, General Maikobi posited
that “I am here to formally inform you I have taken over as the GOC
82 Division. I am also mandated by the Chief of Army Staff
Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai to inform you as the Chief
Security Officer of the State, that Exercise EGWU EKE 111 was
flagged off in Maiduguri, Borno State.
The Exercise is scheduled to take place from 1 January to 28
February 2019 and is to be conducted simultaneously across the
nation to check criminals and criminality before, during and after
the forthcoming elections”, he added.
The GOC further informed His Excellency that Ebonyi State under
his purposeful and transformational leadership has been selected as
the location for the Step Up Headquarters for the Exercise in the
South East Zone which is sited at the 4 Petroleum, Oil and
Lubricant Reserve Depot Abakaliki. ACcording to him, “we have since
taken over the site, work is at the final stage and we intend to
invite you to Flagg off the Exercise soon”.
He used the opportunity of the visit to assure His Excellency
and the good people of Ebonyi State that the Nigerian Army under
the leadership of Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai will
remain neutral, professional, totally apolitical and will not
compromise its constitutional roles under any guise – he further
stated.
In his remarks at the occasion, Governor Umahi thanked the COAS
for his support to the government and the people of Ebonyi State in
the area of security and for the selection of Ebonyi State as the
Step Up Headquarters for the Exercise. According to him “Despite
the fact that Ebonyi State is relatively peaceful, the presence of
this Exercise will further increase the level of security and I
urged you to ensure that your personnel should not in any way
harass/maltreat innocent civilians in line with the advocacy/
postulation of the COAS”.
The Commander 82 Division Provost Group, Commanding Officer 24
Support Engineer Regiment Abakaliki and Deputy Director Public
Relations 82 Division among others, accompanied the GOC during the
visit.
SAGIR MUSA
Colonel
Deputy Director Public Relations