The Nigerian Army Council on Saturday approved the promotion of senior officers to the next ranks of Major General and Brigadier General respectively.
In a statement from Army spokesman, Colonel Sagir Musa, on Sunday, he gave the names of the senior officers as follows:
THOSE PROMOTED TO MAJOR GENERAL are:
•Brigadier General S. Idris, Defence Headquarters Abuja.
• Brigadier General DC Onyemulu, Nigerian Armed Forces Resettlement Centre Oshodi Lagos.
• Brigadier General BO Sawyer, Army Headquarters Department of Policy and Plans.
• Brigadier General GS Abdullahi, Defence Headquarters Abuja.
• Brigadier General IM Obot, Nigerian Army Resource Centre, Abuja.
• Brigadier General AL Lawal, Nigerian High Commission, Cairo Egypt.
• Brigadier General LA Adegboye, Headquarters 82 Division Enugu.
• Brigadier General AB Ibrahim, Army Headquarters Training and Operations;
• Brigadier General PB Fakroga, Headquarters Nigerian Army Women Corps;
• Brigadier General CK Nwosu, Nigerian Army Special Forces School, Buni Yadi;
• Brigadier General HI Bature, Headquarters Army Training and Doctrine Command, Minna
• Brigadier General AL Dusu, Defence Headquarters, Abuja;
• Brigadier General MA Masanawa, Ammunition Central Depot Agunu, Kachia;
• Brigadier General JA Ataguba, Land Forces Simulation Centre, Abuja;
• Brigadier General AE Attu, National Defence College, Abuja;
• Brigadier General BA Isandu, Nigerian Army Intelligence School, Lagos;
• Brigadier General SS Araoye, Command Engineering Depot Kaduna;
• Brigadier General MS Ahmed, SI List Nigerian Embassy Riyadh;
• Brigadier General GAT Ochigbano, Army Headquarters Department of Military Secretary;
• Brigadier General TA Lagbaja, Headquarters 2 Brigade Abak Uyo;
• Brigadier General LA Fejokwu, Army Headquarters Department of Administration ‘Army’;
• Brigadier General PE Eromosele, National Defence College, Abuja.
• Brigadier General AM Alabi, Headquarters Theatre Command Operation LAFIYA DOLE Maiduguri;
• Brigadier General GO Adesina, Army Headquarters Department of Policy and Plans;
• Brigadier General MM Bunza, Nigerian Military School Zaria;
• Brigadier General AA Adesope, Directorate of Audit and Financial Management Office of the Chief of Army Staff;
• Brigadier General KI Muktar, Army Headquarters Department of Administration ‘Army’;
• Brigadier General OO Olatunde, Headquarters 35 Brigade, – (posthumous promotion).
• Brigadier General EA Ndagi, Office of the National Security Adviser;
• Brigadier General KO Aligbe, Defence Headquarters;
• Brigadier General UA Yusuf, African Standby Force ECOWAS Headquarters, Abuja;
• Brigadier General OC Ajunwa, Nigerian Embassy Brasilia;
• Brigadier General FO Omoigui, Army Headquarters Department of Training and Operations;
• Brigadier General OA Akinyemi, Administrative Staff College of Nigeria, Badagry, Lagos, among others.
THOSE PROMOTED TO BRIGADIER GENERAL are:
• BYD Sakaba, Defence Headquarters Abuja;
• AY Bwala, 302 Artillery Regiment Onitsha;
• AA Adekoya, Defence Intelligence Agency; NJ Edet Headquarters 81 Division, Lagos;
• EC Obi-Osang, Headquarters Nigerian Army Special Forces Command, Buni Yadi;
• AO Arogbofa, Headquarters 102 Division Equipment Support;
• S Nicodemus, Headquarters 6 Division Port Harcourt;
• WB Idris, 17 Brigade, Katsina;
• IO Olatunji, Headquarters 8 Division, Sokoto
• ST Audu, Headquarters 21 Brigade, Yola;
• UT Opuene, Headquarters Infantry Corps Centre, Jaji;
• MD Abumawashi, Headquarters Operation LAFIA DOLE, Maiduguri;
• LG Lepdung, Headquarters Infantry Corps, Jaji, Kaduna;
• AOD Okoro, Department of Administration ‘Army’;
• ASM Wase, Department of Training and Operations ‘Army’;
• AL Okpodu, Nigerian Army Aviation;
• S Nuhu, Army Headquarters Department of Training and Operations;
• EO Ojo, Special Task Force, Operation SAFE HAVEN;
• JR Lar, 31 Artillery Brigade Garrison, Minna;
• SJA Ilori, Department of Army Transformation and Innovation NB Ebulue, Defence Intelligence Agency;
• KO Ukandu, Army Headquarters Department of Administration;
• AG Laka, Army War College, Abuja;
• EI Etuk, Multinational Joint Task Force N’Djamena;
• ME Onoja, 1 Military Intelligence Brigade, Kaduna;
• EI Okoro, Nigerian Army War College;
• MB Wabili, Nigerian Army Super Camp Benisheik;
• KE Chigbu, Army Headquarters Department of Training and Operations;
• SO Nwafor, 303 Artillery Regiment General Support I Otu, Headquarters 7 Division Maiduguri
• SO Adejimi, Headquarters 6 Division Supply and Transport;
• SD Makolo, Headquarters Department of Transformation and Innovation;
• VD Beryo, Headquarters Ordnance Corps;
• MO Erebulu, 2 Provost Group, Ibadan;
• A Idris, Directorate of Army Reserve Recruitment and Resettlement Rear;
• CA Ataki, Department of Policy and Plans ‘Army’;
• FO Omata, Special Task Force Operation SAFE HAVEN;
• CC Ogbu, Institute of Army Education;
• AE Owiriwa, 82 Division Ordnance Services;
• ROO Cole, Nigerian Army Ordnance Tailoring Factory Yaba, Lagos;
• TI Gusau, Nigerian Army Resource Centre, Abuja
• GC Nkenke, 8 Division Supply and Transport;
• M Galadima, Headquarters Nigerian Army Finance Corps Apapa, Lagos;
• M Auta, Nigerian Army University Biu;
• O Nwachukwu, Defence Headquarters Defence Information;
• I Ahmed, Nigerian Defence Academy Kaduna;
• S Nuhu, Army Headquarters Department of Administration
• AAW Hassan, Armed Forces Command and Staff College, among others.
(Daily Trust)
