A massive shake-up has been carried out by the Chief
of Army Staff, Major General Tukur Buratai, which affected 95 generals. The
shake-up in the army also included 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 were 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.
Others are Major-General MA Koleoso, new Commander,
Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) Minna. He takes over from the new Chief
of Defence Staff, Major General Olonishakin. He 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 Information School, Bonny Camp, Lagos. He is to
take over from Major-General Chris Olukolade, formerly the 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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