The Army Council has approved the promotion of 122 senior officers of the Nigerian Army to the ranks of Major General and Brigadier General.
A statement by the Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, revealed this on Saturday.
The statement said a total of 47 Brigadier Generals were promoted to the rank of Major General, while 75 Colonels were elevated to the rank of Brigadier General.
Among the officers promoted from the rank of Brigadier General to Major General are Nwachukwu; Commandant Nigerian Army College of Logistics and Management, WB Etuk, and the Commandant Nigerian Army School of Finance and Administration, JE Osifo.
Also promoted are the Commander, Sector 3 Joint Task Force North East Operation Hadin Kai, WM Dangana; Acting Chief of Military Intelligence, TB Ugiagbe; and Deputy Director General, Land Forces Stimulation Centre Nigeria Operations, ASM Wase.
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Others include the Commandant, Depot Nigerian Army, MA Abdullahi; Commander, Command Engineering Depot, BI Alaya, and Director Personnel Planning Army Headquarters, AO Oyelade.
Also promoted to the rank of Major General are the Commandant Nigerian Army School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, OO Arogundade; Commander 13 Brigade, EI Okoro; and the Executive Director Nigerian Army Farms and Ranches Limited, CR Nnebeife.
The new Major Generals include FU Mijinyawa, Director Plans Army Headquarters Department of Policy and Plans; MT Abdullahi, Commander 50 Space Command; M Adamu, Commander 32 Brigade; and ND Shagaya, Commandant Nigerian Army School of Supply and Transport.
Also promoted from the rank of Brigadier General are ME Onoja, Office of the Chief of Defence Staff; MO Erebulu, Acting Director, Psychological Warfare, Defence Headquarters; and BA Ilori, Commander Army Headquarters Garrison Ordnance Services.
They also include MO Ihanuwaze, Director, Budget Army Headquarters; EE Ekpenyong, Nigerian Army Resource Centre; SI Musa, Director Legal Service (Army); M Galadima, Commander Command Finance Office; and AP Ahmadu, Commander 1 Division Ordnance Service.
The statement added that Officers promoted from the rank of Colonel to Brigadier General are N Nwakonobi, Chief of Staff Headquarters, 3 Brigade; MC Akin Ojo, Commander 41 Engineer Brigade; BM Madaki, Deputy Director, Army Headquarters Operations Monitoring Team; and MO Edide, Directing Staff, Army War College, Nigeria.
On the list of Colonel to Brigadier General also are KE Inyang, Commander 76 ST Brigade; OO Nafiu, Chief of Staff, Office of the Chief of Army Staff; PA Zipele, Commander Signal Operations Command; and OA Onasanya, Acting Command Guards Brigade.
Also promoted are MI Amatso, Deputy Director Department of Civil Military Affairsl CM Akaliro, Deputy Director, Army Headquarters Department of Army Transformation and Innovation; NE Okoloagu, Directing Staff, Army War College, Nigeria; and AS Bugaje, Acting Director Special Forces Infantry Corps Centre.
They also include AM Kitchner, Commander, 6 Division Finance and Account; SJ Dogo, Deputy Chief of Staff Operations, Headquarters 82 Division; JN Garba, Commander 32 Brigade Garrison; PT Gbor, Commander, 81 Military Intelligence Brigade; SO Okoigi, Acting Corps Commander, Nigerian Army Medical Corps; AF Maimagani, Acting Director Chaplaincy (Roman Catholic); and PO Alimekhena, Headquarters 81 Division.
Others promoted from the rank of Colonel to Brigadier General include BI George, Acting Director, Directorate of Dental Services Headquarters, Nigerian Army medical Corps; IB Gambari, Headquarters 63 Brigade; and AY Emekoma, Participant, Senior Executive Course 45, National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies.
The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, has congratulated the newly promoted senior officers and their families.
Lagbaja charged them to redouble their efforts to justify their elevation and the confidence reposed in them.
