COAS announces major Army shake-up, names new commanders
The Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Lieutenant General Olufemi Oluyede, has approved the posting and appointment of several senior officers to key command, instructional and staff positions across formations and units of the Nigerian Army.
In a statement, Lieutenant Colonel Appolonia Anele, acting Director of Army Public Relations, said the move was aimed at strengthening leadership and repositioning the Nigerian Army for greater operational effectiveness.
The redeployment includes some principal staff officers at Army Headquarters, two General Officers Commanding, GOCs, corps commanders, commandants of training institutions, and brigade commanders, among other critical appointments within the army’s operational and administrative structure.
Among those appointed as PSOs at Army Headquarters are Major General A.A. Adeyinka, who was posted from the Nigerian Army Corps of Supply and Transport, NACST, to the Department of Army Logistics as Chief of Logistics; Major General A.A. Adekeye, moved from the Army Headquarters Department of Standard and Evaluation to the Department of Personnel Management as Chief of Personnel Management; and Major General T.B. Ugiagbe, who was redeployed from Headquarters Nigerian Army Intelligence Corps to the Department of Standard and Evaluation as Chief of Standard and Evaluation.
Others include Major General A.A. Idris, redeployed from Defence Headquarters to the Nigerian Army Intelligence Corps as Chief of Military Intelligence, and Major General M.O. Erebulu, who moved from the Department of Special Services and Programmes to the Nigerian Army Corps of Military Police as Provost Marshal.
Furthermore, Major General E.A. Anaryu from the Defence Space Administration has been redeployed and appointed Corps Commander, Supply and Transport. Major General S.A. Akesode was posted 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 J.E. Osifo moved from the Nigerian Army School of Finance and Accounts to the Nigerian Army Finance Corporation as Director General.
Senior officers appointed as GOCs include Major General A.S.M. Wase, who was redeployed 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. Major General C.R. Nnebeife was appointed 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 M.O. Ihanuwaze, who moved from the Nigerian Army Finance Insurance Corporation to the Nigerian Army Finance School and Administration as commandant; Major General K.O. Osemwegie, appointed Commandant, Army Signal School; Major General A.J. Aliyu, appointed Commandant, Nigerian Army Ordnance School; and Major General A.C. Adetoba, redeployed from the Department of Transformation and Innovation to the Nigerian Army College of Logistics and Management as Commandant.
Other senior officers affected in the redeployment include Brigadier General M. Jimoh, from HQ Operation FANSAN YAMMA to HQ 1 Brigade as Commander; Brigadier General N.E. Okoloagu, from Army War College Nigeria to 2 Brigade as Commander; and Brigadier General A.A. Bello, from the Nigerian Army School of Infantry to 6 Division Garrison/Sector 3 JTF South South Operation DELTA SAFE as Commander.
The Chief of Army Staff charged the newly appointed senior officers to redouble their efforts and commitment to duty in sustaining the ongoing onslaught against terrorism, insurgency and other threats to national security as they assume their new appointments.
He also reiterated his commitment to the welfare of troops as being paramount to operational success.
COAS announces major Army shake-up, names new commanders
