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The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Olufemi Oluyede, has approved the posting and appointments of some senior officers to key command, instructional, and staff positions across various formations and units of the Nigerian Army.
This was contained in a statement made available to defence correspondents in Abuja yesterday by the Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Lieutenant Colonel Appolonia Anele.
It stated that this was in a strategic move to strengthen leadership and reposition the Nigerian Army (NA) for greater operational effectiveness, reports Nigerian Tribune.
According to the statement, the redeployment encompasses a few Principal Staff Officers (PSOs) at the Army Headquarters (AHQ), two General Officers Commanding (GOCs), Corps Commanders, Commandants of training institutions, and Brigade Commanders, among other appointments critical to the Nigerian Army’s operational and administrative structure.
Some of the senior officers appointed as Principal Staff Officers at the Army Headquarters include Major General AA Adeyinka, who was posted from the Nigerian Army Corps of Supply and Transport (NACST) to the Department of Army Logistics and appointed Chief of Logistics (Army); Major General AA Adekeye, posted from the AHQ Department of Standard and Evaluation to the AHQ Department of Personnel Management as Chief of Personnel Management (Army); and Major General TB Ugiagbe, redeployed from the Headquarters Nigerian Army Intelligence Corps to the AHQ Department of Standard and Evaluation and appointed Chief of Standard and Evaluation.
Others are Major General AA Idris, moved from Defence Headquarters to the Nigerian Army Intelligence Corps and appointed Chief of Military Intelligence (Army), and Major General MO Erebulu, redeployed from the Department of Special Services and Programmes to the Nigerian Army Corps of Military Police and appointed Provost Marshal (Army).
Furthermore, Major General EA Anaryu from the Defence Space Administration has been redeployed and appointed Corps Commander, Supply and Transport, while Major General SA Akesode has been moved from the Office of the National Security Adviser to the African Union Verification Mission in the Tigray Region, Ethiopia, as Head of Mission. Major General JE Osifo was posted from the Nigerian Army School of Finance and Accounts to the Nigerian Army Finance Corporation as Director General.
The statement further explained that senior officers appointed as General Officers Commanding (GOCs) are Major General ASM Wase, moved from the Department of Training to Headquarters 1 Division/Sector 1 Joint Task Force North West Operation FANSAN YAMMA (OPFY) as GOC 1 Division/Commander Sector 1, and Major General CR Nnebeife, appointed as the General Officer Commanding 2 Division/Sector 3 Joint Task Force OPFY.
Some of the senior officers appointed as Commandants of Nigerian Army training institutions are Major General MO Ihanuwaze, redeployed from the Nigerian Army Finance Insurance Corporation to the Nigerian Army School of Finance and Administration as Commandant; Major General KO Osemwegie, appointed Commandant, Army Signal School; Major General AJ Aliyu, appointed Commandant, Nigerian Army Ordnance School; and Major General AC Adetoba, posted from the Department of Transformation and Innovation to the Nigerian Army College of Logistics and Management as Commandant, among others.
Other senior officers also affected in the redeployment are Brigadier General M Jimoh, moved from HQ Operation FANSAN YAMMA to HQ 1 Brigade as Commander; Brigadier General NE Okoloagu, redeployed from the Army War College Nigeria to 2 Brigade as Commander; and Brigadier General AA Bello, moved from the Nigerian Army School of Infantry to 6 Division Garrison/Sector 3 JTF South South Operation DELTA SAFE as Commander.
It stated that the Chief of Army Staff has charged the newly appointed senior officers to redouble their efforts and commitment to duty in ensuring the sustenance of the ongoing onslaught against terrorism, insurgency, and other threats to national security as they assume their new appointments.
The COAS also reiterated his commitment to the welfare of troops as paramount to operational successes.
