In a drive to establish a highly
professional military capable of defending the territorial integrity of the Nigerian state, both internally and externally, the new Chief of Army Staff of the Nigerian Army ,
Major-General Tukur Buratai has carried out a massive shake-up in the hierarchy
of the Nigerian Army that has affected 95 generals.
The shake-up sees the appointment of
new General Officers Commanding the Divisions of the Nigerian Army as well as
new Principal Staff Officers to run the affairs of Army headquarters.
Also appointed are new Corps
Commanders, Special Task Forces Commanders, a new Commander for the
Multi-national Joint Task Force to tackle Boko Haram; new Brigade Commanders as
well as new Defence Advisers in Nigeria’s foreign missions abroad.
The new General Officers Commanding
are Major General Adeniyi Oyebade, GOC 1 Division, Kaduna. He was formerly the Deputy
Commandant of the National Defence College, Abuja; Major-General L.C. Ilo is
the new GOC 2 Division, Ibadan. He replaces Major-General SM Muazu who is
appointed Commander, Infantry Corps, Jaji; Major-General H. Umaru is the new
GOC 3 Armoured Division, Jos.
Major-General MA Koleoso is the new Commander,
Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) Minna. He takes over from the new Chief
of Defence Staff, Major General Olonishakin. General Koleoso was formerly
Director of Administration at Defence Headquarters; Major General H. Edet, new
GOC 81 Division, Lagos. He was formerly the Commandant, Nigerian Army Training
Centre (NATRAC), Kontagora; Brigadier-General Ibrahim Attahiru, formerly the
Brigade Commander, 13 Brigade, Calabar is the Acting GOC, 82 Division, Enugu.
He takes over from Major-General S. Yusuf who is redeployed to Defence
Headquarters as Chief of Training and Operations.
Among the new Principal Staff
Officers at the Army headquarters are Major-General F.O. Alli, formerly the GOC
3 Division, Jos, now the Chief of Training and Operations (CTOP) at Army
Headquarters; Major-General Ogunewe, formerly the Defence Adviser New
York, is the new Chief of Policy and Plans; Major General Christopher
Jemitola is the new Commander, Corp of Signal Headquarters, Lagos;
Brigadier General A.T Hamman is the new Provost-Marshal, Nigerian Army;
Brigadier General A.H. Sahad is the new Director of Defence Intelligence (DMI).
The new Commander of the
Multi-national Joint Task Force with headquarters in N’Djamena, Chad is Major
General Ilyasu Abbah. He was formerly the Military Secretary (Army). He takes
over from the Chief of Army Staff, Major-General Tukur Buratai.
Major-General L.W. Wiwa, formerly
the Director of Military Intelligence, is the Deputy Commandant at the Armed Forces
Resettlement Centre, Oshodi; Major-General PAT Akem, formerly the Provost
Marshall is the new Director of Administration at Army headquarters; Major
General BT Ndiomu, formerly Commander, Army Headquarters Garrison, is posted to
Jaji as Director, Simulation Centre; the new Commander of the Special Military
Task Force (STF) Jos, is Major General C.O Udeh.
Brigadier-General SM Bello, formerly
Brigade Commander, 34 Brigade Owerri, is posted to Army headquarters as
Director of Operations; Brigadier General O. Ofoche is the new Brigade
Commander, 34 Artillery Brigade; Brigadier-General AO Olabanji is the new
Brigade Commander, 2 Brigade, Port Harcourt; Brigadier-General AM Dikko is the
Acting Commander, Army Headquarters Garrison, Abuja. He was formerly Commander,
31 Brigade, Minna.
A new Acting Director of Defence
Information has also been appointed. He is Colonel Rabe Abubakar. He was at one
time, Commandant of the Nigerian Army School of Public Relations and Information
School (NASPRI), Bonny Camp, Lagos, currently commanded by Colonel JA Agim. He
is to take over from Major-General Chris Olukolade, the out-going DDI.
At the Defence headquarters, Major
General Emmanuel Atewe, formerly Commander of the Joint Task Force, Operation
Pulo Shield, Yenagoa is the new Chief of Logistics; Major-General M.T. Ibrahim
is the new Commandant of the Nigerian Defence Academy.
The 12 senior officers who are to
proceed on a one-year course to the Administrative Staff College of Nigeria
(ASCON) include former GOC’s, former PSO’s, former Commandants of Training
Institutions and former Corps Commanders.
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