The Nigerian military has promoted 233 senior military officers in what could be described as a massive promotion exercise by the three services: army, navy and air force.
The officers were promoted by their respective military boards following the retirement of some officers earlier in the year.
According to a statement issued by Brigadier General, Onyema Nwachukwu, Director of Army Public Relations, on Wednesday, the Nigerian Army Council elevated 117 officers out of which 41 Brigadier Generals were promoted to the rank of Major Generals, while 76 Colonels were promoted to Brigadier Generals.
Those promoted to the rank of Major General, the statement said, include Brigadier General C. U. Onwunle, Director, Directorate of Army Data Processing, Lagos; Brigadier General M. Danmadami, Research Fellow/Subject Expert, Indian Sub-Continent, Nigerian Army Resource Centre, Abuja; Brigadier General O. J. Akpor, Director, Military Training, Nigerian Defence Academy; Brigadier General U. T. Musa of the Department of Administration, Army Headquarters, Abuja; and Brigadier General A. A. Eyitayo, acting General Officer Commanding, 7 Division/JTF North-East, Operation Hadin Kai, Maiduguri, Borno State.
Others are Brigadier General V. Ebhaleme of the Defence Space Administration, Abuja; Brigadier General L. T. Omoniyi of the Department of Civil Military Affairs, Abuja; and Brigadier General N. U. Muktar, acting Director of Procurement, Office of the Chief of Army Staff, Army Headquarters, Abuja, among others.
Also promoted to Brigadier General include Colonel O. Adegbe, Headquarters Training and Doctrine Command, Minna; Colonel A. A. Babalola, Headquarters 3 Division; Colonel N. N. Orok of the Defence Headquarters; Colonel M. O. Ibrahim, Army War College, Nigeria; Colonel B. O. Omopariola, Commander, 25 Task Force Brigade; Colonel U. V. Unachukwu, Army War College, Nigeria; Colonel O. A. Ojo, Headquarters, Nigerian Army Signals, Lagos; and Colonel H. I. Dasuki of the Forward Operating Base, Ngamdu, Borno State, among others.
In a similar development, 116 naval and air force senior officers came after a meeting on Tuesday, which was presided over by the Minister of Defence, Major General Bashir Magashi (retd.).
According to a statement issued by Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, the air force spokesperson, on Wednesday, the senior officers promoted to the rank of Air Vice-Marshal include Air Commodores Precious Amadi, Nnamdi Ananaba, Abubakar Abdulkadir, Anthony Ndace, Usman Abdullahi, Eneobong Effiom, Iboro Etukudo, Abubakar Abdullahi, Sunday Aneke, Nnaemeka Ilo, Adeniyi Amesinlola, Ebimobo Ebiowe, Micheal Onyebashi, Emmanuel Shobande, Sayo Olatunde, Francis Edosa and Ahmed Shinkafi.
Others are Bashiru Mamman, Halim Adebowale, Ahmed Bakari, Framah Batnah, Adeniran Ademuwagun, Lanre Oluwatoyin, Titus Dauda, Olufemi Ogunsina, Paul Masiyer, Nkem Aguiyi, Abidemi Marquis and Oluwafemi Ogunmola.
Those promoted from the rank of Group Captain to Air Commodore include Chukwuedo Illoh, Bamidele Amuda, Samson Adelakun, Hadi Ahmed, Abiodun Oyekunle, Caleb Olayera, Idorenyin Bassey, Philip Kwasau, Mohammed Omar, Ayodele Akinbuwa, Emeng Imoke, Luqman Lawal, Shaibu Buhari and Ehimen Ejodame.
Also, the NAF Council approved the concessional commission of an Air Warrant Officer and five Master Warrant Officers to the rank of Flight Lieutenant.
Others are Mohammed Lawal, Idowu Ayo, Emmanuel Ola, Ewejide Akintunde, Elisha Bindul, Dogo Gani, Edmond Oluokun, Akeem Adebomehin, George Akinyimika, Mohammed Garba, Oladimeji Almaroof, Gowon Sule, Ifeanyi Azubuike, Hamisu Usman, Adebanjo Adeosun, Sabir Adeyanju and Halima Musa, who is the only female officer on the list.
Commodore Suleman Dahun, the Navy spokesperson, in a statement on Wednesday, announced that the newly-promoted Rear Admirals are Chibuike Azike, Ismaila Zelani, Alexandra Bingel, Kennedy Ezete, Livingstone Izu, Emmanuel Ogalla, Hamza Kaoje, Saheed Akinwande, Umar Chugali, Eugenio Ferreira, Bashir Mohammed, Mike Oamen, Ayodeji Olugbode, Abdulmajid Ibrahim, Abdullahi Ahmed, John Mamman, Peter Zakaria, Abolaji Orederu, Hamza Ibrahim, Sunday Oyegade and Saburi Lawal.
