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.
