Full List As Military Promotes 235 Senior Officers, Elevates GEJ's Ex-ADC to Brig General
- The Military has announced the recent promotion of some of its directors and personnel barely a week of rumoured retirement of some officers
- This development was made public on Tuesday night following also the promotion of 36 of its officers to higher ranks
- Meanwhile, the Navy promoted 21 Commodores to Rear Admirals and 36 Captains to Commodores
- One of the officers promoted to the rank of Brigadier General is Ojogbane Adegbe, a former ADC to Goodluck Ebele Jonathan
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On Tuesday, December 21, the Nigerian Armed Forces announced the promotion of Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brig.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko to the rank of Major-General.
Daily Trust reports that 234 other personnel in the military were also promoted.
The promotion came barely one week after rife insinuations that the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor, asked not less than 50 Generals in the military to proceed on forceful retirement.
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The newspaper revealed that the promotions were released last night, Tuesday, after the sitting of the Army Council, Navy council and the Air Council respectively, held at the Ministry of Defence with the Minister of Defence, Maj.-Gen. Bashir Magashi (Rtd) as presiding chairman.
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In the latest promotion, Legit.ng gathered that the Nigerian Army promoted 36 officers to the ranks of Major-Generals from Brigadier-Generals, while 76 Colonels were promoted to Brigadier Generals.
One of those who were promoted to this rank is a former Aide-De-Camp (ADC) to Goodluck Jonathan, Ojogbane Adegbe.
21 promoted officers
Also, the Nigerian Navy promoted 21 Commodores to Rear Admirals and 36 Captains to Commodores, while the Nigerian Air Force promoted 30 new Air Vice Marshals from Air Commodores and 36 Group Captains to Air Commodores.
Below are the names of the newly promoted officers:
Newly promoted Major Generals:
- CU Onwunle,
- M Dan madam,
- OJ Akpor,
- HT Wesley
- UT Musa
- AA Eyitayo
- V Ebhaleme
- LT Omoniyi
- MNB Mamman
- NU Muktar
- A Adamu
- DI Salihu
- SA Akesobe
- KA Isoni
- HT Dada
- AS Chinade
- AA Ariyibi
- W Shaibu
- AA Adeyinka
- BA Alabi
- OT Olatoye
- JH Abdussalam
- ST Shafaru
- PP Malla
- BY Baffa
- TE Gagariga
- GM Mutkut
- MT Durowaiye
- JD Omali
- J Mohammed
- ZL Abubakar
- ES Buba
- JAL Jimoh
- BE Onyeuko
- JG Mohammed and EC Ekwesi
Those promoted from Colonels to Brigadier Generals are:
- Ojogbane Adegbe
- AA Babalola
- NN Orok
- K Abdulkarim
- VE Cletus
- OA Aminu
- GO Olorunyomi
- MS Adamu
- C Ogbuabo
- JO Are
- SA Adeyemo
- AA Tawasimi
- AT Lawal
- BMG Martins
- MJ Gambo
- OO Olutunde
- ML Abubakar
- MU Ikobah
- OO Yakubu
- PK Zawaya
- DR Dantani
- BO Amakor
- JH Bawa
- EU Effiong
- NA Mohammed
- JO Ememe
- DJ Abdulllahi
- JU Gombe
- J Ibrahim
- MO Agi
- CA Baushe
- MY Lawal
- RS Omolori
- OO Obolo
- OA Obasanjo
- TJ Mackintosh
- UC Ezeh
- N Mbaka
- T Ahmed
- MO Ibrahim
- BO Omopariola
- UV Unachukwu
- OM Oyekola
- OAO Ojo
- NN Rume
- M Isah
- AS Maikano
- MI Falana
- AD Abubakar
- SS Diwa
- D Umaru
- A Mohammed
- MK Sanda
- HI Dasuki
- S Ahmed
- JA Ifeanyi
- UA Lawal
- YO Zubair
- EA Koleoso
- OJ Majebi
- OA Ochagwuba
- EC Emere
- SM Dagari
- AD Isa
- I Tanko
- A Jimoh
- SI Said
- AO Solarin
- H Mohammed
- JB Ibrahim
- A Abdulkarim
- II Adamu
- A Iliyasu A Baningo
- S Umaru
- AA Ahmed
The newly-promoted Rear Admirals in the Nigerian Navy include;
- AA Olugbode, former director Naval information,
- CF Azike,
- I Zilani,
- AD Bingel,
- KC Ezete,
- LC Izu,
- EI Ogalla,
- HUF Kaoje,
- SA Akinwande,
- USAChugali,
- EO Ferreira,
- B. Mohammed,
- MG Oamen,
- AM Ibrahim,
- A Ahmed,
- JN MAMMAN,
- PK Zakaria,
- AAO Orederu,
- H Ibrahim,
- SJ Oyegbade,
- SA Lawal.
The newly promoted Captains to Commodores in the Nigerian Navy are;
- SA BAWA,
- ME EJUMABONE,
- MM EPELLE,
- GPZ ADO,
- OO FADAHUNSI,
- M FAKROGHA,
- PE METEKE,
- PP NIMMYEL,
- NS LAKAN,
- SM AHMED,
- ST LENGAYA,
- RT OLADEJO,
- MS OLUKOYA,
- AO OJO,
- OA AKINBAMI,
- HJ ARUOMAREN,
- CA ISAH,
- AO OJEBODE,
- BO ONALO,
- A ORIDE,
- MB SALISU,
- BM SULE,
- AA UMAR,
- BH SABO,
- ZS SULEIMAN IG IKONNE,
- SI MOHAMMED, CA OBIKA,
- OA OSHATUNBERU,
- JK ADEDEJI, OD NNATU,
- I PEPPLE,
- JE ADEDEJI,
- UM BUGAJE,
- MA ADETUNJI.
Those promoted to the rank of Air Vice-Marshal in the Nigerian Air Force include;
- PN Amadi,
- NN Anababa,
- A Abdulkadir,
- AV Ndace,
- UK Abdulahi,
- EE Effiom,
- IM Etukudo,
- AY Abdulahi,
- SK Aneke,
- NI Ilo,
- AH Amensilola,
- EO Ebiowei,
- MM Onyebashi,
- EO Shobande,
- S Olatunde,
- FO Edosa,
- AH Shinkafi,
- BR Mamman,
- HA Adebowale,
- AH Bakari,
- EF Batnah,
- AK Ademuwagun,
- LI Oluwatoyin,
- TZ Dauda,
- OS Ogunsina,
- NV Aguiyi,
- AT Marquis,
- OO Ogunmola.
Group to Buhari: Strengthen DIA to win war against insurgency, banditry
Recall that a coalition of Civil Society Organisations and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) recently urged President Buhari to strengthen the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) in order to win the war against insurgency and banditry in Nigeria.
A statement sent to Legit.ng jointly signed by, Dr. Aliyu Bello of Peace and Conflict Resolution Initiative and Ambassador Jude Uchenna of Alliance for Justice and Peace gave the advice to the president.
The group noted that the failure of the DIA in providing links that will lead the troops on the battlefield as well as rancour within the military hierarchy has affected the fight against insurgency and banditry.
Group blames intelligence failure for the increase in terrorists, bandits' attacks
Earlier, a coalition of 76 NGOs and civil society activists knocked the intelligence arms of the military and the Department of State Security Services for continued attacks on military formations and other infrastructure of the state by terrorists.
The activists also lamented over the kidnapping and robbery by bandits saying the attacks were not only a setback to the war against insecurity but a blatant embarrassment to the armed forces and Nigeria in general.
The group particularly made reference to the recent kidnapping of travellers in broad daylight along Abuja-Kaduna road, an attack in Borno that resulted in the killing of an army chief and three other soldiers, and several others as clear instances of intelligence failure.
Source: Legit.ng
