The Nigerian Army has announced
major sake-up of some senior officers.
Those redeployed include major
generals and brigadier generals. The redeployment takes effect
from 2nd January 2018.
A statement announcing the
development read: “The Nigerian Army has today Friday 29th December 2017,
released the 2017 Fourth Quarter Postings and Appointments of its Officers. It
will be recalled that recently some senior officers were promoted to the ranks
of Brigadier Generals and Major Generals respectively, while some have also
left service on completion of mandatory years of service in the Army. The
posting is also aimed at injecting new hands to further actualize the vision of
the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General TY Buratai, which is “to have a
professionally responsive Nigerian Army in the discharge of its Constitutional
roles”.
“Accordingly, the posting and
redeployment has affected some Principal Staff Officers at Defence and Army
Headquarters, Corps Commanders, General Officers Commanding (GOC), Commandants
of Training Institutions and Directors, amongst others. In all, the posting and
appointments affected 399 Officers.
Those affected include, Major
General RO Yusuf Commander Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), who is now
the Chief of Policy and Plans (Army), Major General AA Salihu, Chief of Defence
Communications will now take over as Commander, TRADOC, Major General LO
Adeosun, also from Defence Headquarters, has been appointed Commander, Infantry
Corps, Major General CM Abraham has been moved from 2 Division to Defence
Intelligence Agency as Deputy Chief of Defence Intelligence, while Major
General OF Azinta replaces him as General Officer Commanding 2 Division, Major
General US Yakubu is now to take over as Commandant of Martin Luther Agwai
International Leadership and Peacekeeping Centre, while Major General FO Agugo,
is now Commander, Command Army Records, while Major General JS Malu is now the
Corps Commander, Nigerian Army Engineers and Major General JGK Myam, the
Director of Operations is now the Commander, Army Headquarters Garrison, Abuja.
Others affected include,
Commander Guards Brigade, Major General MS Yusuf, who is now General Officer
Commanding 6 Division, replacing Major General EO Udoh, who is reassigned to 81
Division as GOC. In same vein, Brigadier General UT Musa is now the Commander
Guards Brigade. Major General IBJ Okeke is now Corps Commander, Nigerian Army
Medical Corps, while Major General KO Kadiri is now Group Managing Director,
Nigerian Army Welfare Holding Limited/Guarantee. Similarly, Major General EJ
Enenche has been appointed Commandant Army War College Nigeria, while Brigadier
General JA Agim is now the Acting Director Defence Information and Brigadier General
JTE Chukwu is now the Commandant of Nigerian Army School of Public Relations
and Information.
Brigadier General LT Omoniyi has
been appointed as the Commander of the newly established 17 Brigade with
Headquarters in Katsina, Brigadier ET Essien is now Commander 29 Task Force
Brigade, while Brigadier General TA Lagbaja is coming from Headquarters 8
Division to Army Headquarters as Acting Director Operations and Brigadier
General GN Mutkut takes over as Commander 7 Multinational Joint Task Force Brigade.”
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