Gen. Irabor
The Nigerian Armed Forces has announced the promotion of Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brig.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko to the rank of Major-General.
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.
Daily Trust reports that the promotions were released last night 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.
In the latest promotion, our correspondent 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.
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 WesleyUT MusaAA EyitayoV EbhalemeLT OmoniyiMNB MammanNU MuktarA AdamuDI SalihuSA AkesobeKA IsoniHT DadaAS ChinadeAA AriyibiW ShaibuAA AdeyinkaBA AlabiOT OlatoyeJH AbdussalamST ShafaruPP MallaBY BaffaTE GagarigaGM MutkutMT DurowaiyeJD OmaliJ MohammedZL AbubakarES BubaJAL JimohBE OnyeukoJG Mohammed and EC Ekwesi
Those promoted from Colonels to Brigadier Generals are:
O AdegbeAA BabalolaNN OrokK AbdulkarimVE CletusOA AminuGO OlorunyomiMS AdamuC OgbuaboJO AreSA AdeyemoAA TawasimiAT LawalBMG MartinsMJ GamboOO OlutundeML AbubakarMU IkobahOO YakubuPK ZawayaDR DantaniBO AmakorJH BawaEU EffiongNA MohammedJO EmemeDJ AbdulllahiJU GombeJ IbrahimMO AgiCA BausheMY LawalRS OmoloriOO OboloOA ObasanjoTJ MackintoshUC EzehN MbakaT AhmedMO IbrahimBO OmopariolaUV UnachukwuOM OyekolaOAO OjoNN RumeM IsahAS MaikanoMI FalanaAD AbubakarSS DiwaD UmaruA MohammedMK SandaHI DasukiS AhmedJA IfeanyiUA LawalYO ZubairEA KoleosoOJ MajebiOA OchagwubaEC EmereSM DagariAD IsaI TankoA JimohSI SaidAO SolarinH MohammedJB IbrahimA AbdulkarimII AdamuA Iliyasu A BaningoS UmaruAA 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 and 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 and OO Ogunmola. (Text, excluding headline: Daily Trust)
