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By Abiodun OBA
The Nigerian Army Council on Thursday approved the promotion of 47 Brigadier Generals, 75 Colonels, to the next ranks of Major General and Brigadier General respectively.
In like manner, the Board of Nigerian Navy has also approved the promotions of 58 senior officers to various ranks in the Nigerian Navy.
The spokesperson of the Nigerian Army, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, announced in a statement that in all, a total number of 122 Army officers that were promoted.
He said those that were promoted to the rank of Major General include Brig Gen WB Etuk, Commandant Nigerian Army College of Logistics and Management; Brig Gen JE Osifo, Commandant Nigerian Army School of Finance and Administration and Brigadier General WM Dangana, Commander Sector 3 Joint Task Force North East Operation HADIN KAI.
Also on the list are Brig Gen BI Alaya, Commander Command Engineering Depot; Brig Gen AO Oyelade, Director Personnel Planning Army Headquarters Department of personnel Management and Brig Gen OO Arogundade, Commandant Nigerian Army School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering.
Officers promoted from the rank of Colonel to Brigadier General are Col Nwakonobi, Chief of Staff Headquarters 3 Brigade: Col MC Akin Ojo, Commander 41 Engineer Brigade and Col BM Madaki, Deputy Director Army Headquarters Operations Monitoring Team.
Also on the list are Col OA Onasanya Acting, Command Guards Brigade; Col MI Amatso, Deputy Director Department of Civil Military Affairs and Col CM Akaliro, Deputy Director Army Headquarters Department of Army Transformation and Innovation.
“The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja congratulates the newly promoted senior officers and their families,” Nwachukwu stated.
“Lagbaja has also charged them to redouble their efforts to justify their elevation and the confidence reposed in them.”
In a related development, the Director of Information, Navy, Commodore AO Ayo- Vaughan, in a statement on Thursday, said the Breakdown of the promotion released showed that 28 Navy Captains were elevated to Commodore while 30 Commodores were promoted to the rank of Rear Admirals.
According to Commodore Ayo-Vaughan, one of the beneficiaries of the promotion, noted that those promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral include; “Commodores Adefemi Kayode, Kabir Mohammed, Gabriel Aligwe, Aliyu Gaya, Shehu Gombe, Godfrey Kwetishe, Robert Obeya, Musa Katagum, Kehinde Odubanjo, Pakiribo Anabraba, Suleiman Ibrahim, Olugbenga Oladipo, Haruna Zego, Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan, Mohammed Dahiru, Nnamdi Ekwom, Stephen Ibrahim, Mohammed Muye, Aniefiok Uko, Anenechukwu Ezenma, Olufemi Adeleke, Etop Ebe, Sunday Yahaya, Umaru Faruk, Michael Igwe, Ikenna Ubanni, Emmanuel Anakwe, Omotola Olukoya. Furthermore, Joseph Ake was promoted unto retirement.
“The newly promoted Commodores are Captains Innocent Udoudoh, Mohammed Umaru, Iliya Abdu Aiwuyor Adams-Aliu, Reginald Adoki, Abimbola Agunbiade, Christian Akokota, Chukwuma Azuike, Adegoke Ebo, Innocent Ejiofor, Tahir Ngada, Oluseyi Oladipo, Shehu Tasiu, Aliyu Umaru, Peter Yilme, Sikiru Abdulraheem, Tunde Abdulrahim, Emeka Chinaka, Effiom Ekpenyong, George Nwabunike, Akinrinsola Obisesan, Igbani Agwu, Babatunde Kuton, Ahmad Madawaki, Momoh Salihu, Additionally, Captains Hassan Dogara, Olajide Babalola and Suleiman Idris were promoted unto retirement.
“The Chief of the Naval Staff Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ikechukwu Ogalla AM on behalf of officers, ratings and civilian staff of the Nigerian Navy, rejoice with the newly promoted Senior Officers and their families and charge them to rededicate themselves to the service of fatherland and remain loyal to the President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, HE Bola Ahmed Tinubu.”
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