COAS Appoints new PSOs, GOCs, Other Commanders
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Olufemi Oluyede, has approved the posting and appointment of senior Army officers to key command, instructional, and staff positions across various formations and units of the Nigerian Army.
A statement issued on Sunday by Lieutenant Colonel Appolonia Anele, Acting Director Army Public Relations, said that the new appointment was a strategic move to strengthen leadership and reposition the Nigerian Army for greater operational effectiveness
According to her, thoss redeployed included some Principal Staff Officers (PSOs) at the Army Headquarters (AHQ), two General Officers Commanding (GOCs), Corps Commanders, Commandants of training institutions, and Brigade Commanders, among others.
“Some of the senior officers appointed as Principal Staff Officers at the Army Headquarters include, Maj Gen AA Adeyinka who was posted from Nigerian Army Corp of Supply and Transport (NACST) to the Department of Army Logistics and appointed Chief of Logistics (Army), Maj Gen AA Adekeye posted from AHQ Department of Standard and Evaluation to AHQ Department of Personnel Management as Chief of Personnel Management (Army), Maj Gen TB Ugiagbe from Headquarters Nigerian Army Intelligence Corp to Army Headquarters Department of Standard and Evaluation and appointed Chief of Standard and Evaluation.
“Others are Maj Gen AA Idris from Defence Headquarters to Nigerian Army Intelligence Corps and appointed Chief of Military Intelligence (Army), Maj Gen MO Erebulu from the Department of Special Services and Programmes to Nigerian Army Corps of Military Police and appointed Provost Marshall (Army).
“Furthermore, Maj Gen EA Anaryu from Defence Space Administration have been redeployed and appointed Corps Commander Supply and Transport while Maj Gen SA Akesode from Office of the National Security Adviser to African Union Verification Mission in Tigray Region, Ethiopia as Head of Mission, while Maj Gen JE Osifo from Nigerian Army School of Finance and Accounts, to Nigerian Army Finance Corporation as Director General.”
The new GOCs are Major General ASM Wase from Department of Training to Headquarters 1 Division/Sector 1 Joint Task Force North West Operation FANSAN YAMMA (OPFY) as GOC 1 Division/Commander Sector 1, and Maj Gen CR Nnebeife appointed as the General Officer Commanding 2 Division/ Sector 3 Joint Task Force OPFY.
Among senior officers appointed as Commandants of NA Training Institutions are, Maj Gen MO Ihanuwaze from Nigerian Army Finance Insurance Corporation to Nigerian Army Finance School and Administration and appointed as Commandant, Maj Gen KO Osemwegie as commandant Army Signal School, Maj Gen AJ Aliyu, commandant Nigerian Army Ordinance School, and Maj Gen AC Adetoba posted from the Department of Transformation and Innovation to Nigerian Army College of Logistics and Management as commandant.
Other senior officers affected in the redeployment are Brig Gen M Jimoh from HQ Operation FANSAN YAMMA to HQ 1 Brigade as Commander, Brig Gen NE Okoloagu from Army War College Nigeria to 2 Brigade as Commander as well as Brig Gen AA Bello from Nigerian Army School of Infantry to 6 Division Garrison/Sector 3 JTF South South Operation DELTA SAFE as Commander.
The Chief of Army Staff charged the newly appointed senior officers to redouble efforts and commitment to duty to ensure the sustenance of the ongoing onslaught against terrorism, insurgency and other threats to national security.
He reiterated his commitment to the welfare of troops to sustain operational successes.
