Breaking: Massive shakeup as army redeploys Generals

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Photo: Lt-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, Chief of Army Staff (COAS)

Lt-Gen. Faruk Yahaya has approved the redeployment of Major Generals and Brigadier Generals amongst several other senior officers across  the army’s formations and units in the country.

This is contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Saturday by the Director, Army Pubic Relations,

Brig-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu.

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This comes amid the amidst recent operational successes recorded in combating emerging security challenges in an effort to ensure administrative and operational efficiency in the Army (NA).

According to him, those affected in the redeployment exercise include some Principal Staff Officers of the Army Headquarters, Corps Commanders, Commandants of NA Training Institutions, Brigade Commanders, Commanding officers and several others. 

Notable among the new General Officers Commanding (GOC) appointees is Maj-Gen. IS Ali who has been redeployed from Headquarters 3 Division to Theatre Command as the new Theatre Commander Joint Task Force North East OPERATION HADIN KAI.

Maj-Gen. AB Ibrahim of the Army Headquarters Department of Training has been redeployed to Headquarters 3 Division as the new GOC as well as Commander OPERATION SAFE HAVEN.

Maj-Gen. AS Chinade has been redeployed from Headquarters 2 Division to Headquarters 82 Division as GOC.

Maj-Gen. GM Mutkut is to assume command as the GOC 8 Division and Commander Operation HADARIN DAJI (NW) from Army Headquarters Department of Policy and Plan.

Those newly appointed Corps Commanders are Maj-Gen. CG Musa redeployed from Theatre Command to Headquarters Infantry Corps Centre as the new Corps Commander.

Maj-Gen. MS Ahmed has been redeployed from Headquarters Theatre Command (NE) to Headquarters Nigerian Army Armoured Corps as Corps Commander.

Maj-Gen. BR Sinjen has been redeployed from Nigerian Army School of Artillery to Headquarters Nigerian Army Corps of Artillery as the new Corps Commander.

Maj-Gen. PE Eromosele has been redeployed from National Defence College to Headquarters Nigerian Army Engineers.

Maj- Gen. AA Ayannuga has been redeployed from Army Headquarters Department of Army Transformation to Nigerian Army Cyber Warfare Command.

Maj-Gen. GS Abdullahi has been redeployed from Defence Space Administration to Headquarters Nigerian Army Signals. 

From the Defence and Army Headquarters, the Principal Staff Officers redeployed are Maj-Gen. SE Udounwa who  has been redeployed from Army Headquarters Department of Special Services and Programmes to Defence Headquaters as Chief of Defence Training and Operations.

Maj-Gen. SG Mohammed has been redeployed from Army Headquarters Department of Policy and Plans to the Department of Army Training as Chief of Training.

Maj-Gen. UT Musa has been redeployed from Headquarters 82 Division to the Department of Army Administration as Director Personnel Management.

Maj-Gen. Y Yahaya has been redeployed from Headquaters 31 Artillery Brigade to Department of Army Administration as the Director Manpower (Army) among several others. 

Brig-Gen. TI Gusau is also redeployed from Army Headquaters Department of Special Services to the Directorate of Defence Information as the new Director.

The newly redeployed Brigade Commanders include Brig-Gen AM Umar from the Office of the Chief of Army Staff to Headquarters Guards Brigade.

Brig-Gen. S Aliyu has been redeployed from Headquarters 6 Division to Headquarters 63 Brigade.

Brig-Gen. HD Bobbo has been redeployed the from National Defence College to Headquarters 31 Brigade.

Brig-Gen. MT Aminu has been redeployed from Army War College Nigeria to Headquarters 35 Brigade, among several others.

Nwachukwu explained that redeployment in the Nigerian Army was routine, particularly with the recent promotion of senior officers as approved by the Army Council for the year 2022.

He added that the redeployment of all appointees would take effect from 11 January 2022.

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