. NAF jets destroy ISWAP meeting centres in Bornoj
The Nigerian Army has announced the appointment of new commandants and commanders for of its schools and operations across the country.
The appointment followed the recent promotion of officers in the ranks of Major-Generals and Brigadier-Generals.
A statement by the acting Director Army Public Relations, Colonel Saghir Musa, said the posting approved by the Chief of Army Staff Lt-General Tukur Buratai is a routine exercise aimed at reinvigorating the service for greater efficiency and professionalism.
He said the COAS charged the affected officers to take their responsibilities seriously by discharging their duties professionally with utmost loyalty to the Service and the Nation.
All the appointments according to Musa take immediate effect.
Saghir said in the statement that the posting which was approved by the Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen TY Buratai is a routine exercise carried out to reinvigorate the system for greater professional effectiveness/efficiency.
Affected by the appointment are Maj Gen EO Ogunkale from Command Army Record Lokoja to Defence Headquarters as Chief of Defence Standards and Evaluation, Maj Gen AO Uthman from Nigerian Army School of Signals, Apapa, Lagos to Defence Headquarters as Director Defence Communications, Maj Gen OO Soleye from Defence Headquarters to Headquarters Command Army Record Lokoja as Commander, Maj Gen YI Shalangwa the erstwhile Director Legal Services ‘Army’ now redeployed to Defence Headquarters as Director Legal Services, Maj Gen DC Onyemulu from Nigerian Armed Forces Resettlement Centre, Oshodi, Lagos becomes Director Armed Forces Simulation Centre, while Maj Gen HI Bature is redeployed from Headquarters Training and Doctrine Command, Minna to Defence Headquarters and appointed Director Liaison.
“Others are Maj Gen IM Obot to remain at Nigerian Army Resource Centre as Participant Senior Executive Management and Policy Course, Maj Gen BO Sawyer to remain in Army Headquarters Department of Policy and Plans as Director Plans. Also Maj Gen LA Adegboye the Acting General Officer Commanding (GOC) 82 Division is to remain as GOC 82 Division, Maj Gen MA Masanawa from Army Central Ammunition Depot to Defence Headquarters and appointed Director Innovation and Combat Development.
Meanwhile, the Nigerian Air Force, yesterday, said its Operation RATTLESNAKE, launched to rout remnants of terrorists and other criminal groups terrorising the peace in the North East and killed several members of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters.
NAF Director of Public Relations and Information Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola who made this known said that the NAF jets under the Air Task Force (ATF), Operation LAFIYA DOLE, said the terrorists met their end and their conference hall destroyed after they assembled for a meeting at one of their hideout in Kollaram on the fringes of Lake Chad in the Northern part of Borno State.
