[citation needed] He was posted to Maiduguri and promoted major general by Army Headquarters in the wake of the 2014 Chibok ambush.

As the GOC his area of responsibility was the main theatre of battle and operations in the Lake Chad and northeastern Nigeria.

The operational plan included isolating Boko Haram by cutting a dividing line across northeastern Nigeria isolating them into two defined areas in the east and west, the Chadian troops attacked from the western border of Lake Chad and the 7th Division struck eastwards seizing towns held by terrorists in the areas, with the troops of the infantry division holding the territories seized.

According to British tabloid The Telegraph, the offensive led by 7th Division successfully overran 11 local districts of Nigeria that was previously claimed by Boko Haram as a territorial "caliphate" which was the "size of Belgium".

He commanded the infantry corps until July 2018 when he was deployed to Army Headquarters as Chief of Training and Operations.