The IVM G80 is a Nigerian-built 4x4 utility SUV from Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing Co. Ltd. Innoson's current product page presents it as a five-seat four-wheel-drive SUV with ABS/EBD braking and petrol powertrain data, while official and defense reporting identify the G80 Bigger Jeep as one of three newly manufactured Innoson vehicles handed over for Nigerian Army trials in January 2018.
Innoson announced a Nigerian Army partnership for military-grade vehicles and defense hardware, creating the public context for subsequent reporting on trial vehicles.
Sources: Innoson Army partnership
DefenceWeb reported that Innoson handed over the IVM G80 Bigger Jeep, IVM G40 Smaller Jeep, and IVM Granite Pickup for Nigerian Army trials.
Sources: DefenceWeb Innoson military vehicles
Official and regional reporting support the G80 as a trial vehicle inside the wider Nigerian Army-Innoson partnership. Innoson's January 2018 release says earlier Innoson vehicles were used by the Nigerian Army in the North East, but it identifies the G80 Bigger Jeep separately as one of three newly manufactured vehicles handed over for trial.
The G80 Bigger Jeep was handed over alongside the G40 Smaller Jeep and Granite Pickup for Nigerian Army assessment.
The Army-Innoson arrangement covered military-grade vehicles, hardware, gears, engines, chassis support, and armored-vehicle workshop capacity.
The cited reports do not directly place the G80 itself in Operation Lafiya Dole or another named conflict.
Primary support: Innoson Army partnership; DefenceWeb Innoson military vehicles; Guardian Innoson Army partnership.
