By Augustine Ehikioya
To strengthen leadership and reposition the Nigerian Army (NA) for greater operational effectiveness, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Olufemi Oluyede, has approved the posting and appointment of some senior officers to key Command, Instructional, and Staff positions across various formations and units of the Nigerian Army.
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 Nigerian Army Corp of Supply and Transport (NACST) to the Department of Army Logistics and appointed Chief of Logistics (Army), Major General AA Adekeye posted from AHQ Department of Standard and Evaluation to AHQ Department of Personnel Management as Chief of Personnel Management (Army), Major General TB Ugiagbe from Headquarters Nigerian Army Intelligence Corp to Army Headquarters Department of Standard and Evaluation and appointed Chief of Standard and Evaluation. Others are Major General AA Idris from Defence Headquarters to Nigerian Army Intelligence Corps and appointed Chief of Military Intelligence (Army), Major General MO Erebulu from the Department of Special Services and Programmes to Nigerian Army Corps of Military Police and appointed Provost Marshall (Army).
A statement by Lieutenant Colonel Appolonia Anele, Acting Director Army Public Relations, and made available to Security Watch Africa (SWA), added “Furthermore, Major General EA Anaryu from Defence Space Administration have been redeployed and appointed Corps Commander Supply and Transport while Major General SA Akesode from Office of the National Security Adviser to African Union Verification Mission in Tigray Region, Ethiopia as Head of Mission, while Major General JE Osifo from Nigerian Army School of Finance and Accounts, to Nigerian Army Finance Corporation as Director General.
Senior officers appointed as General Officers Commanding (GOCs), according to the statement, are Major General ASM Wase 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 CR Nnebeife is also appointed as the General Officer Commanding 2 Division/Sector 3 Joint Task Force OPFY.
Some of the senior officers appointed as Commandants of NA Training Institutions are, Major General MO Ihanuwaze from Nigerian Army Finance Insurance Corporation to Nigerian Army Finance School and Administration and appointed Commandant, Major General KO Osemwegie now the commandant Army Signal School, Major General AJ Aliyu also appointed Commandant Nigerian Army Ordinance School, while Major General AC Adetoba was posted from the Department of Transformation and Innovation to Nigerian Army College of Logistics and Management as Commandant amongst others.
Other senior officers also affected in the redeployment are Brigadier General M Jimoh from HQ Operation FANSAN YAMMA to HQ 1 Brigade as Commander, Brigadier General NE Okoloagu from Army War College Nigeria to 2 Brigade as Commander as well as Brigadier General AA Bello from Nigerian Army School of Infantry to 6 Division Garrison/Sector 3 JTF South South Operation DELTA SAFE as Commander.
The Chief of Army Staff also charged the newly appointed senior officers to redouble their effort 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. He also reiterates his commitment to the welfare of troops as paramount to operational successes.
