The Army Council has promoted 117 senior officers to Major and Brigadier Generals.
The promotion comprising 41 brigadier generals to the ranks of major generals and 76 colonels to the ranks of brigadier generals, respectively, was approved at the council’s sitting on Tuesday.
The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, who made the disclosure in a statement, yesterday, in Abuja, said among those promoted to the rank of Maj. Gen is Brig.-Gen. C.U. Onwunle, Director, Directorate of Army Data Processing Lagos; Brig.-Gen. M Danmadami, Research Fellow/Subject Expert, Indian Sub-Continental at the Nigerian Army Resource Centre, Abuja.
“Others are Brig.-Gen. OJ Akpor, Director Military Training, Nigerian Defence Academy; Brig.-Gen. U.T. Musa of the Department of Administration, Army Headquarters, Abuja, and Brig.-Gen. Abdulwahab Eyitayo, Acting General Officer Commanding 7 Division/JTF NE Operation Hadin Kai Maiduguri.
“Also promoted are Brig.-Gen. V. Ebhaleme of Defence Space Administration, Abuja; Brig.-Gen. LT Omoniyi of Department of Civil-Military Affairs, Abuja, and Brig.-Gen. N.U. Muktar, Acting Director of Procurement, Office of the Chief of Army Staff, amongst others.”
Nwachukwu further disclosed that Col. O Adegbe of the Headquarters Training and Doctrine Command, Minna; Col. A.A. Babalola of Headquarters 3 Division; Col. N.N. Orok of Defence Headquarters and Col. M.O. Ibrahim of Army War College Nigeria was promoted to the rank of Brig.-General.
Others promoted, according to him, are Col. B.O. Omopariola, Commander, 25 Task Force Brigade; Col. U.V. Unachukwu of Army War College Nigeria; Col. O.A.O. Ojo of Headquarters Nigerian Army Signals, Lagos, and Col H.I. Dasuki of the Forward Operating Base, Ngamdu, Borno, amongst others.
“The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya congratulates all the promoted officers and their families and urges them to redouble effort to justify the confidence reposed in them by the Nigerian army,”
he said.
