The Nigerian Army has on Friday, announced a reshuffling of its leadership by appointing new General Commanders, Corp Commanders, Commandants of training institutions, Brigade Commanders, and Commanding Officers amongst others.

According to a statement by the Defence Headquarters, signed by the Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya, approved the posting and appointment of some senior officers in order to tackle the spate of security breaches rocking the country.

The PUNCH reports that suspected terrorists had yesterday attacked a military checkpoint at Zuma Rock, around the Niger-Abuja border, an incident that followed the attack on the Presidential Guards Brigade late Sunday at the Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory by suspected terrorists.

The statement announcing the reshuffle of the Army read partly, “In an effort to reposition the Nigerian Army for operational efficiency and proficiency, the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya, has approved the posting and appointment of some senior officers of the Nigerian Army to command, instructional and staff appointments across NA formations and units.

“Those affected in the redeployment released on Thursday, July 28, 2022, include some Principal Staff Officers of the Army Headquarters, General Officers Commanding, Corps Commanders, Commandants of training institutions, Brigade Commanders, Commanding Officers, amongst others.

“Some of the senior officers appointed as General Officers Commanding are Major General UT Musa from Headquarters 81 Division to Headquarters 82 Division and appointed GOC, Major General TA Lagbaja from Headquarters 82 Division to Headquarters 1 Division and appointed GOC, Major General OC Ajunwa from Nigeria Defence Section Brasilia to HQ 81 Division and appointed GOC , while Major General AS Chinade was redeployed from Depot Nigerian Army to Headquarters 2 Division and appointed GOC.

“The newly appointed Army Headquarters Principal Staff Officers include, Maj Gen OW Ali, from Headquarters Command Army Records to Army Headquarters Department of Army Administration and appointed Chief of Administration (Army) Maj Gen S Muhammed, from Defence Headquarters to Department of Army Standards and Evaluation and appointed Chief of Army Standards and Evaluation (Army), Major General JA Ataguba from Army Headquarters Department of Army Standards and Evaluation to Defence Headquarters and appointed, Director Peace Keeping Operations, Major General A.A Adesope from Headquarters Nigerian Army Finance Corps to Defence Headquarters and appointed Chief of Defence Accounts and Budget, Major General U.S Mohammed from Army Headquarters Department of Administration to Nigerian Army Resource Centre and appointment Senior Research Fellow.

“Other senior officers affected in the redeployment are Major General PB Fakrogha, from Defence Headquarters Garrison to Defence Space Agency and appointed Director Policy Plans and Research, Major General MO Enendu, from Nigerian Army College of Logistics to Defence Headquarters and appointed Director Psychological Warfare, Major General AE Attu from Defence Headquarters Department of Defence Training and Operations to Defence Headquarters Garrison and appointed Commander, Major General BE Onyeuko from Defence Headquarters Directorate of Defence Media Operations to Defence Headquarters Department of Logistics and appointed Director Procurement.”

The newly appointed Corps Commanders are, Major General AM Alabi, from Nigerian Army Ordnance School to Headquarters Nigerian Army Ordnance Corps and appointed Corps Commander Ordnance, Major General A Mohammed, from Nigerian Army Farms and Ranches Limited and to Headquarters Nigerian Army Electrical Mechanical Engineers and appointed Corps Commander Electrical Mechanical Engineers, Major General E Akerejola from Nigerian Army School of Supply and Transport to Headquarters Nigerian Army Corps of Transport and appointed Commander Corps of Supply and Transport, Major General AA Fayemiwo from Nigerian Army Welfare Holdings Limited by Guarantee to Headquarters Finance Corps and appointed Chief of Accounts and Budget (Army).

Senior officers newly appointed as Commandants of Nigerian Army Training Institutions are Major General PI Eze, from Defence Headquarters Department of Procurement to Nigerian Army Ordinance School and appointed Commandant, Major General AA Adeyinka from Army Headquarters Department of Army Logistics to Nigerian Army College of Logistics and appointed Commandants, Major General PP Malla from Army Headquarters Department of Army Administration to Depot Nigerian Army and appointed Commandant as well as Brigadier General UT Otaru from Defence Headquarters to Nigerian Army School of Supply and Transport and appointed Acting Commandant.

The newly appointed Brigade Commanders are, Brigadier General DH Ndahi, from Nigerian Army Resource Centre to Headquarters 4 Brigade and appointed Commander, Brig Gen FS Etim from Amphibious Training School to Headquarters 6 Brigade and appointed Commander, Brigadier General EA Orakwe from Headquarters 6 Division to Headquarters 19 Brigade and appointed Commander, Brigadier General JO Are from Army Headquarters Department of Army Standards and Evaluation to Headquarters 3 Brigade and appointed Commander, amongst others.

The Chief of Army Staff, thereby, directed all the newly appointed senior officers to redouble their effort and commitment to duty in tackling the security challenges bedeviling the nation, as they assumed their new appointments.

This is also coming after the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), had on Thursday, met with the security chiefs in Abuja.

https://punchng.com/insecurity-army-reshuffles-leadership-appoints-new-commanders/

Lol

It won't change anything.

Tinubu urchins know that PETER OBI is your next President

You can relocate to Iran or Pakistan after the election.

BUHARI MUST GO.

As if that will still change anything. The only thing that can make the change is by changing buhari.

Not a bad idea but I am not convinced that Nigeria military is willing to erase terrorist and bandits out surface earth even if we have volunteers to do it free.

The army is trying, but there's still alot of improvements to be done.

I traveled to Abuja, few weeks ago. I saw a few checkpoints enroute to our FCT. Loudable but honestly what I saw wasn't good enough. can you imagine, no singe IFV or even Machine gun mounted APC or even hilux were packed close by to provide support for troops on guard.

Once terrorists manage to attack with their guntrucks, RPGS, Sub machine guns, they just overpower and overrun our troops with their superior firepower. Our troops are well trained, but poorly equipped. No one should expect soldiers to subdue terrorists with just small arms fire. It's impossible. If no side manages to get the better of the other, the terrorists can just decide to call it a day and retreat. Imagine the AUDACITY.

We need to invest more on buying tactical military vehicles suitable for urban warfare. We should get those infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) en masse, MG42 or those cannon mounted APCS to safely transport our troops quickly to respond to the operation of these terrorists.... I've seen that many of our military hilux are now mounted with Machine guns, unlike before. It is commendable but honestly, still not good enough. And Christ's sake, some more self propelled howitzers should be purchased. They have the capability to restrict enemy movement once they're spotted. They can halt both the advance and retreat of terrorists.

The best tactics to defeat these terrorists would be to have the airforce ALWAYS available to provide close air support for our army with their attack helicopters. But sadly we don't have enough of it reason why the few dozens we have are concentrated somewhere else, while terrorists can just attack another place entirely. It's sad. The money being looted should be stopped if the looters really care about this country. Any available money should be put into good use.

You are winning the war on insecurity, but the bandits are getting closer to the capital... How?

Hope the Nigerian Army is not like APC always lieying and covering up

Nonesense. How many times will they deploy this strategy? The have definitely ran out of ideas.

Nigeria is gone

This was how isis fuckkkking started in Syria

If dem don fork up, dem go invite Igbo man to clean up their mess.

They have transferred Musa from 81 division to 82 division.

He was replaced by Ajunwa.

Another Igbo man, Chinade has been transferred to 2 Division.

While, an Omoluabi, General Lagbaja, has been transferred to 1 Division, Kaduna, to help salvage what is left of the Northwest.

They know those with the capacity to do the job but will always be too nepotistic to get those people into the right places until things deteriorate to a beyond-repair point.

Meanwhile, I pray Musa doesn’t go and open Eastern flank for his terrorist brothers in Enugu because thunder go fire am.

The service chiefs needs to be fired including the IGP

Our recruitmentment process in Nigeria is bad..... I met someone in SSS who cannot express himself, I àsked myself how this person get there

Make them no do this thing take over ooo... I no want see Military men for Aso rock. Their leadership is very bad

ObosiLandlord:
The service chiefs needs to be fired including the IGP

The money pushed into defence is much, IGP has not Issue, police are not funded at all, NIA and SSS are funded more police.