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.”