By Charles Adingupu
In order to counter the nation’s perennial security challenge, the new Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Major General Taoreed Lagbaja, has effected a major shake up in the military formation to reposition the Nigerian Army for operational efficiency and functional administration.
Against this backdrop, Major-General Lagbaja immediately approved the posting and appointment of some senior officers of the Nigerian Army (NA) to command, instructional and staff appointments across army formations and units.
The Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement, said the exercise would help reposition the Nigerian Army to confront the security challenge the country is currently experiencing.
Those affected in the recent redeployment include some Principal Staff Officers (PSOs) of the Army Headquarters (AHQ), General Officers Commanding (GOCs), Corps Commanders, Commandants of training institutions, Brigade Commanders, Commanding Officers, amongst others.
Some of the senior officers appointed as PSOs of the AHQ include Maj Gen AB Ibrahim who was posted from Headquarters 3 Division NA to the Department of Policy and Plans (DAPP) and appointed Chief of Policy and Plans (Army), Maj Gen BR Sinjen posted from Nigerian Army Corps of Artillery (NACA) to the Department of Army Operations (DAOPs) and appointed Chief of Operations(Army) and Maj Gen OR Aiyenigba from Nigerian Army Corps of Military Police to Department of Army Standards and Evaluation and appointed Chief of Army Standards and Evaluation (Army). Others are Maj Gen NC Ugbo from Nigerian Army Signals School to Department of Civil Military Affairs and appointed Chief of Civil Military Affairs and Maj Gen E Akerejola from Headquarters Nigerian Army Corps of Supply and Transport to Army Headquarters Department of Logistics as the Chief of Logistics (Army).
