Full List As Military Promotes 235 Senior Officers, Elevates GEJ's Ex-ADC to Brig General

• The Military has announced the recent promotion of some of its directors and personnel barely a week of rumoured retirement of some officers
• This development was made public on Tuesday night following also the promotion of 36 of its officers to higher ranks
• Meanwhile, the Navy promoted 21 Commodores to Rear Admirals and 36 Captains to Commodores
• One of the officers promoted to the rank of Brigadier General is Ojogbane Adegbe, a former ADC to Goodluck Ebele Jonathan

On Tuesday, December 21, the Nigerian Armed Forces announced the promotion of Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brig.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko to the rank of Major-General.

Daily Trust reports that 234 other personnel in the military were also promoted.

The promotion came barely one week after rife insinuations that the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor, asked not less than 50 Generals in the military to proceed on forceful retirement.

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The newspaper revealed that the promotions were released last night, Tuesday, after the sitting of the Army Council, Navy council and the Air Council respectively, held at the Ministry of Defence with the Minister of Defence, Maj.-Gen. Bashir Magashi (Rtd) as presiding chairman.

In the latest promotion, Legit.ng gathered that the Nigerian Army promoted 36 officers to the ranks of Major-Generals from Brigadier-Generals, while 76 Colonels were promoted to Brigadier Generals.

One of those who were promoted to this rank is a former Aide-De-Camp (ADC) to Goodluck Jonathan, Ojogbane Adegbe.

21 promoted officers

Also, the Nigerian Navy promoted 21 Commodores to Rear Admirals and 36 Captains to Commodores, while the Nigerian Air Force promoted 30 new Air Vice Marshals from Air Commodores and 36 Group Captains to Air Commodores.

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Below are the names of the newly promoted officers:

Newly promoted Major Generals:

1. CU Onwunle,
2. M Dan madam,
3. OJ Akpor,
4. HT Wesley
5. UT Musa
6. AA Eyitayo
7. V Ebhaleme
8. LT Omoniyi
9. MNB Mamman
10. NU Muktar
11. A Adamu
12. DI Salihu
13. SA Akesobe
14. KA Isoni
15. HT Dada
16. AS Chinade
17. AA Ariyibi
18. W Shaibu
19. AA Adeyinka
20. BA Alabi
21. OT Olatoye
22. JH Abdussalam
23. ST Shafaru
24. PP Malla
25. BY Baffa
26. TE Gagariga
27. GM Mutkut
28. MT Durowaiye
29. JD Omali
30. J Mohammed
31. ZL Abubakar
32. ES Buba
33. JAL Jimoh
34. BE Onyeuko
35. JG Mohammed and EC Ekwesi

Those promoted from Colonels to Brigadier Generals are:

1. Ojogbane Adegbe
2. AA Babalola
3. NN Orok
4. K Abdulkarim
5. VE Cletus
6. OA Aminu
7. GO Olorunyomi
8. MS Adamu
9. C Ogbuabo
10. JO Are
11. SA Adeyemo
12. AA Tawasimi
13. AT Lawal
14. BMG Martins
15. MJ Gambo
16. OO Olutunde
17. ML Abubakar
18. MU Ikobah
19. OO Yakubu
20. PK Zawaya
21. DR Dantani
22. BO Amakor
23. JH Bawa
24. EU Effiong
25. NA Mohammed
26. JO Ememe
27. DJ Abdulllahi
28. JU Gombe
29. J Ibrahim
30. MO Agi
31. CA Baushe
32. MY Lawal
33. RS Omolori
34. OO Obolo
35. OA Obasanjo
36. TJ Mackintosh
37. UC Ezeh
38. N Mbaka
39. T Ahmed
40. MO Ibrahim
41. BO Omopariola
42. UV Unachukwu
43. OM Oyekola
44. OAO Ojo
45. NN Rume
46. M Isah
47. AS Maikano
48. MI Falana
49. AD Abubakar
50. SS Diwa
51. D Umaru
52. A Mohammed
53. MK Sanda
54. HI Dasuki
55. S Ahmed
56. JA Ifeanyi
57. UA Lawal
58. YO Zubair
59. EA Koleoso
60. OJ Majebi
61. OA Ochagwuba
62. EC Emere
63. SM Dagari
64. AD Isa
65. I Tanko
66. A Jimoh
67. SI Said
68. AO Solarin
69. H Mohammed
70. JB Ibrahim
71. A Abdulkarim
72. II Adamu
73. A Iliyasu A Baningo
74. S Umaru
75. AA Ahmed

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The newly-promoted Rear Admirals in the Nigerian Navy include;

1. AA Olugbode, former director Naval information,
2. CF Azike,
3. I Zilani,
4. AD Bingel,
5. KC Ezete,
6. LC Izu,
7. EI Ogalla,
8. HUF Kaoje,
9. SA Akinwande,
10. USAChugali,
11. EO Ferreira,
12. B. Mohammed,
13. MG Oamen,
14. AM Ibrahim,
15. A Ahmed,
16. JN MAMMAN,
17. PK Zakaria,
18. AAO Orederu,
19. H Ibrahim,
20. SJ Oyegbade,
21. SA Lawal.

The newly promoted Captains to Commodores in the Nigerian Navy are;

1. SA BAWA,
2. ME EJUMABONE,
3. MM EPELLE,
4. GPZ ADO,
5. OO FADAHUNSI,
6. M FAKROGHA,
7. PE METEKE,
8. PP NIMMYEL,
9. NS LAKAN,
10. SM AHMED,
11. ST LENGAYA,
12. RT OLADEJO,
13. MS OLUKOYA,
14. AO OJO,
15. OA AKINBAMI,
16. HJ ARUOMAREN,
17. CA ISAH,
18. AO OJEBODE,
19. BO ONALO,
20. A ORIDE,
21. MB SALISU,
22. BM SULE,
23. AA UMAR,
24. BH SABO,
25. ZS SULEIMAN IG IKONNE,
26. SI MOHAMMED, CA OBIKA,
27. OA OSHATUNBERU,
28. JK ADEDEJI, OD NNATU,
29. I PEPPLE,
30. JE ADEDEJI,
31. UM BUGAJE,
32. MA ADETUNJI.

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Those promoted to the rank of Air Vice-Marshal in the Nigerian Air Force include;

1. PN Amadi,
2. NN Anababa,
3. A Abdulkadir,
4. AV Ndace,
5. UK Abdulahi,
6. EE Effiom,
7. IM Etukudo,
8. AY Abdulahi,
9. SK Aneke,
10. NI Ilo,
11. AH Amensilola,
12. EO Ebiowei,
13. MM Onyebashi,
14. EO Shobande,
15. S Olatunde,
16. FO Edosa,
17. AH Shinkafi,
18. BR Mamman,
19. HA Adebowale,
20. AH Bakari,
21. EF Batnah,
22. AK Ademuwagun,
23. LI Oluwatoyin,
24. TZ Dauda,
25. OS Ogunsina,
26. NV Aguiyi,
27. AT Marquis,
28. OO Ogunmola.

Group to Buhari: Strengthen DIA to win war against insurgency, banditry

Recall that a coalition of Civil Society Organisations and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) recently urged President Buhari to strengthen the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) in order to win the war against insurgency and banditry in Nigeria.

A statement sent to Legit.ng jointly signed by, Dr. Aliyu Bello of Peace and Conflict Resolution Initiative and Ambassador Jude Uchenna of Alliance for Justice and Peace gave the advice to the president.

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The group noted that the failure of the DIA in providing links that will lead the troops on the battlefield as well as rancour within the military hierarchy has affected the fight against insurgency and banditry.

Group blames intelligence failure for the increase in terrorists, bandits' attacks

Earlier, a coalition of 76 NGOs and civil society activists knocked the intelligence arms of the military and the Department of State Security Services for continued attacks on military formations and other infrastructure of the state by terrorists.

The activists also lamented over the kidnapping and robbery by bandits saying the attacks were not only a setback to the war against insecurity but a blatant embarrassment to the armed forces and Nigeria in general.

The group particularly made reference to the recent kidnapping of travellers in broad daylight along Abuja-Kaduna road, an attack in Borno that resulted in the killing of an army chief and three other soldiers, and several others as clear instances of intelligence failure.

Source: Legit.ng