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Thursday 30 July 2015

95 generals moved in fresh Army shake-up

Below is the statement from the Directorate of Army Public Relations signed by the Acting Director, Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman. Read below...
The Chief of Army Staff, Major General Tukur Yusufu Buratai today approved the postings and appointments of 334 officers of the Nigerian Army officers with various effective dates. These include some Principal Staff Officers at Defence and Army Headquarters, Corps Commanders and General Officers Commanding as well as other commanders.
They include 37 Major Generals, 57 Brigadier Generals, 128 Colonels, several Lieutenants Colonels and others. Some of those affected were the General Officers Commanding 1, 2, 3, 81 and 82 Divisions, Operations Pulo Shield and Safe Haven of Niger Delta and Plateau States.
 Some of those affected includes Major General S Yusuf, General Officer Commanding 82 Division who is now Chief of Training and Operations at Defence Headquarters, Major General MA Koleoso who is now Commander TRADOC, Major General SN Muazu who moved from 2 Division to the Headquarters Infantry Corps and appointed Commander, Major General MT Ibrahim, from Department of Army Standard and Evaluation to Nigerian Defence Academy and appointed Commandant. Major General LKJ Ogunewe is now the Chief of Policy and Plans, Major General FO Alli, is now Chief of Training and Operations and Major General AA Salihu, Chief of Logistics. Others includes Major General AG Okunola, who now Commander of Operation PULO SHIELD (JTF) and Major General TC Ude, Commander,OPERATIONS SAFE HAVEN (STF Jos).

Others are Major General LW Wiwa now Deputy Commandant of Nigerian Armed Forces Resettlement Centre. Major General A Oyebade is now the General Officer Commanding 1 Division, Major General LC Ilo, General Officer Commanding 2 Division, Major General H Umaru, General Officer Commanding 3 Division, Major General IH Edet, General Officer Commanding 81 Division and Brigadier General I Attahiru is now the Acting General Officer Commanding 82 Division.

While Brigadier General AH Saad is the Acting Director of Military Intelligence, Brigadier General AT Hamman is now the Acting Provost Marshal, Brigadier General MO Uzoh, Acting Commqnder, Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Brigadier General AA Jidda, Acting Commander Corps of Supply and Transport, Brigadier General LF Abdullahi, Acting Commander, Nigerian Army Education Corps, Brigadier General SO Olabanji, Commander 2 Brigade, Brigadier General F Yahaya, Commander, 4 Brigade, Brigadier General MSA Aliyu, Commander 21 Brigade and Colonel R Abubakar, Acting Director Defence Information, as well as Colonel SB Kumapayi, as Commander 7 Division Garrison, amongst others.

Thank you.
Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman: Acting Director Army Public Relations

38 comments:

  1. And only one igbo amongst all .... that's how stupid our president is...

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    1. I hope dis moves r meant for combating BH...

      Not lik we had it in d past when they were practically doing nothing and they collect tax payer's money by end of d mnth. Hiss!

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    2. Ode!!! Hw many generals do U avfrm ur tribe? Ur men r busy selling spare parts in Onitsha while dere mates r defending dere beloved country.

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    3. Stern, you are a goat. What has igbo got to do with anything

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    4. Ori baba re ti buru @stern

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    5. All the best to dem + God strengthen dem. Linda take note!

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    6. All the best to dem + God strengthen dem. Linda take note!

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    7. Stern or wat are you called you are the most stupid of all,are they supposed to move them frm their farm or market places,fool!

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    8. Mumu, hw can u say there is only one Igbo?
      Ogunewe,Ilo, Uzoh and Udeh are from Chad right? Besides, there are far more Northerners in the Armed Forces and any other Uniform Job apart frm nursing than any other tribe.

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    9. When they retire the last set how many igbo was retired! Be constructive pls

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    10. If u have sense u should have known that the bulk of our is hausa...dem say mk igbo no join plenty?
      U chose trading more!!
      Look at all the names how many igbos are officers there? When appointments come u will say igbos have qualified officers- how many are they?

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    11. What are you jabbering about? How many ppl in your hometown are in the armed forces? In my hometown there is only 1...

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  2. Nice one,lets see BH Gnash their teeth!

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  3. a.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said..
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    Oky gud to knw though...
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    ***CURRENTLY IN JUPITER***

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  4. I hope dis moves r meant for combating BH... Not lik we had it in d past when they were practically doing nothing and they collect tax payer's money by end of d mnth. Hiss!

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  5. So they left the finance department untouched?

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  6. When an ibo man was d chief of army staff,what did he do to benefit d lives of d ibo? We need pple dat would work not figure heads!

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  7. Pls lord is they re moving d commander here. They shld move him to a better place!!

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  8. Nyc one may Allah c dem tru.

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  9. where is chris olukolade? abi he don go sambisa? pls make una comot am 4 abuja.we need his gallantry effort in baga town.

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  10. I don't no why most people frm the south east n south south are always in pain or complain if any development is been made by the present government,even the so called educated ones amongst them can't even see beyond their nose.

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  11. ARMY VE RISEN AGAIN..EVEN SAINT KWN IT AL OBJ DINT DO ANY GUD FOR DEM...TOMJERRYSWIT

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  12. I don't no why most people frm the south east n south south are always in pain or complain if any development is been made by the present government,even the so called educated ones amongst them can't even see beyond their nose.

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  13. With rejigging comes re-evaluation, refocusing, rejuvenation and ultimately, results. That's what matters most especially when this is done with the highest regard for merit and competence. #LetsWinTogether

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  14. Sharap ur gutter mouth LA,,afta reading this, who says dis country does not belong to the northeners..

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