The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya, has approved the posting and appointment of senior officers of the Nigerian Army.
Army Director of Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema
Nwachukwu, who announced this in a statement on Tuesday explained that the
development was part of efforts to rejig and reinvigorate the service.
Those affected in the reshuffle released on Monday included
General Officers Commanding (GOCs) and other senior officers.
Major General GA Umelo was redeployed from Defence
Simulation Centre to Defence Headquarters (Defence Research and Development
Bureau) as the Director-General, Major General V Ebhaleme would remain in
Defence Space Administration but now appointed Director of Support Services,
while Major General GB Audu was redeployed from Defence Administration to
Nigerian Army Resource Centre and appointed Senior Research Fellow.
Others are Major General SE Udounwa from Army War College
Nigeria to the newly established Army Headquarters Department of Special Services
and Programmes and appointed Chief of Special Services/ Programmes (Army);
Major General MT Durowaiye from Army Headquarters Department of Policy and
Plans to Army Headquarters Department of Administration (Army) and appointed
Director of Veteran Affairs Directorate; Major General AE Attu from Army
Headquarters Department of Policy and Plans to Defence Training and Operations
and appointed Director of Peace Keeping Operations; and Major General UT Musa
from Department of Administration (Army) to Headquarters 81 Division and
appointed General Officer Commanding.
Similarly, Major General CU Onwunle was redeployed from
Directorate of Automated Data Processing to Defence Headquarters (Department of
Communications) and appointed Director of Communications; Major General OO
Oluyede from Army Headquarters Department of Policy and Plans to Headquarters 6
Division and appointed General Officer Commanding; Major General LT Omoniyi
from Army Headquarters Department of Civil-Military Affairs to Army
Headquarters Department of Operations and appointed Director of Campaign
Planning; Major General OJ Akpor from Nigerian Defence Academy to Defence
Headquarters (Directorate of Defence Information) and appointed Director of
Defence Information, Major General AA Eyitayo from 7 Division to Defence
Headquarters and appointed Director of Campaign Planning, Major General LA
Fejokwu from 81 Division to Defence Headquarters (Department of Standard and
Evaluation) and appointed Director of Standard and Evaluation; and Major General
JAL Jimoh from Nigerian Army School of Artillery to Headquarters Training and
Doctrine Command and appointed Chief of Training.
Additionally, Major General HT Wesley moved from Office of
the Chief of Army Staff to Headquarters, Defence Intelligence Agency and
appointed Director of Administration; Major General JO Ochai from Army
Headquarters (Department of Operations) to Nigerian Army Armour School and
appointed Commandant; Major General SG Mohammed from 6 Division to Army
Headquarters (Department of Policy and Plans) as Deputy Chief of Policy and
Plans.
Other senior officers affected in the reorganisation include
Brigadier General AS Maikano from Nigerian Army Welfare Insurance Scheme to 82
Division and appointed Commander Division (Finance and Accounts), Brigadier
General LA Lebo from Headquarters Nigerian Army Corps of Artillery to Army
Headquarters Department of Army Training and appointed acting Deputy Chief of
Training (Linkages/Integration); Brigadier General MO Ihanuwaze from Defence
Headquarters to Nigerian Army Budget and appointed Director of Budget and
Accounts; Brigadier General O Adegbe from Headquarters Training and Doctrine
Command Nigerian Army to Army Headquarters Department of Civil-Military Affairs
and appointed Director of Psychological Operations.
Lieutenant General Yahaya asked all the newly appointed
senior officers to justify the confidence reposed in them and redouble their
commitment to duty in their new appointments.
He added that newly appointed senior officers must ensure
value addition in their respective commands and appointments.