COAS assures commitment to full takeoff operation of 83 Division in Benin

The Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, has reaffirmed the Nigerian Army’s committedness to expanding its unit operation and strengthening operational capabilities to code emerging information challenges crossed the country.

Colonel Appolonia Anele, acting Director, Army Public Relations, successful a connection said the COAS gave the assurance connected Thursday, November 5, 2026, during a courtesy sojourn to the politician of Edo State, Monday Okpebholo, astatine Government House, Benin City.

A large item of the sojourn was the COAS’s assurance that the recently established 83 Division, with Headquarters successful Benin City, would soon go operational.

He explained that the part forms portion of the Nigerian Army’s ongoing enlargement from 8 to 12 divisions, aimed astatine strengthening subject presence, improving bid and power and enhancing accelerated effect to information threats crossed the country, peculiarly successful Edo State and the wider South-South region.

The COAS added that his sojourn ...