COAS appoints new PSOs, GOC, others

By Kingsley Omonobi

The Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Lieutenant General Olufemi Oluyede, has approved the posting and appointment of some senior officers to key command, instructional, and staff positions across various formations and units of the Nigerian Army.

The   redeployment comprises few Principal Staff Officers, PSOs, at Army headquarters; two General Officers Commanding, GOCs, Corps Commanders; commandants of training institutions, and Brigade Commanders, among other appointments critical to the Nigerian Army’s operational and administrative structure.

Spokesman of the Army, Lt. Col Appolonia Anele named some of the senior officers appointed as Principal Staff Officers   at the Army headquarters to 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). 

Maj Gen EA Anaryu from Defence Space Administration has been redeployed and   appointed Corps Commander Supply and Transport while Maj Gen SA Akesode from Office of the National Security Adviser moves to African Union Verification Mission in Tigray Region, Ethiopia as Head of Mission

Maj Gen JE Osifo moves from Nigerian Army School of Finance and Accounts, to Nigerian Army Finance Corporation as Director General. 

Senior officers appointed as General Officers Commanding (GOCs) are Major General ASM Wase from   Department of Training to Headquarters 1 Division/Sector 1 Joint Task Force North West   Operation Fasan Yamma (OPFY) as GOC 1 Division/Commander Sector 1.

Maj Gen CR Nnebeife is also appointed as the General Officer Commanding 2 Division/ Sector 3 Joint Task Force   OPFY.

Senior officers appointed as Commandants of Nigerian Army Training Institutions are, Maj Gen MO Ihanuwaze from Nigerian Army Finance Insurance Corporation   to Nigerian Army Finance School and Administration and appointed Commandant,   

Maj Gen KO Osemwegie now the commandant   Army Signal School,   Maj Gen AJ Aliyu also appointed commandant Nigerian Army Ordinance School, while Maj Gen AC Adetoba was posted from the   Department of Transformation and Innovation to Nigerian Army College of Logistics and Management as commandant amongst others. 

Other senior officers also affected in the redeployment are Brig Gen M Jimoh from HQ Operation Fasan 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 has charged the newly appointed senior officers to redouble their effort and commitment to duty in ensuring the sustenance of the ongoing onslaught against terrorism, insurgency and other threats to national security, as they assume their new appointments.

He also reiterates his commitment to welfare of troops as paramount to operational successes.

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