82 Div, NA Gets New GOC

Maj.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, last Friday in Enugu, assumed office as the new General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the 82 Division of the Nigerian Army. Taoreed took over from Maj.-Gen. Lasisi Adegboye, who had been redeployed to Defence Headquarters Department of Training and Operations as the Chief Defence Training and Operations.
Giving his farewell speech, Adegboye thanked officers and soldiers  for their support during his stay as the GOC of the Division.
He, however, called on them to give the new GOC maximum cooperation and always be ready for deployment at any time.
The outgoing GOC recalled that during his leadership, the Division did everything within their ability to keep violence and crime rate low within the Division’s Area of Responsibility (AOR).
According to him, in spite the security challenges, they were able to surmount most of them and keep the crime and violence rate low in our AOR.
His words, “I believe we are well motivated to forge ahead to deal with other remaining security challenges around us.
“Even as we push forward to ensure we maintain our constitutional mandate in line with the Chief of Army Staff vision for the Nigerian Army.
Adegboye urged officers and soldiers to continue to work in synergy with the Nigeria Air Force, Nigerian Naval and other security formations, adding that is only the way forward.
The new GOC, Maj.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, did not make any comment but however went into a closed door meeting with top officers of the Division.
Highlights of the event were Adegboye handing over the insignia and flag of the Division to Lagbaja as well as inspection of the guard of honour by the two top senior officers.