In a follow up to
assumption of office, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Waidi
Shaibu, has approved the posting and appointment of senior officers to key
command, staff and instructional positions across formations, units and
training institutions of the Nigerian Army.
Zig Diaries | Defence & Security
Date: Thursday, 30 October 2025
Time: 20:30 WAT
Location: 📍 Abuja, Nigeria
A statement by the Acting
Director Army Public Relations, Lieutenant Colonel Appolonia Anele on 30th
October 2025 said the decisive move is aimed at reinvigorating leadership,
strengthening command structures and repositioning the Nigerian Army (NA) for
heightened operational effectiveness.
Among the newly appointed
senior officers are Major General
Bamidele Alabi, who has been redeployed
to Army Headquarters Department of Policy and Plans and appointed Chief of
Policy and Plans (Army), Major General Jamal Abdulsalam, formerly Chief of
Special Services and Programmes at Army Headquarters proceeds to Defence
Headquarters Department of Operations as Chief of Defence Operations, while
Major General Peter Mala moves from
Office of the National Security Adviser to Headquarters Training and Doctrine
Command Nigerian Army (TRADOC) as Commander.
In the same vein, Major General Samson Jiya, from Nigerian Army Heritage and Future Centre
(NAHFC) to Defence Headquarters Department of Defence Accounts and Budget as
Chief of Defence Accounts and Budget.
Other strategic
appointments include, Major General Mayirenso Saraso from NAHFC to Army Headquarters
Department of Operations, as Chief of Operations (Army), Major General Isa
Abdullahi from Defence Headquarters to Army Headquarters Department of
Administration as Chief of Administration (Army), Major General Musa Etsu-Ndagi
from Army Headquarters to Department of Training to Army Headquarters
Department of Civil-Military Affairs, as Chief of Civil-Military Affairs. Major
General Abubakar Haruna from NAHFC to Nigerian Army Training Centre (NATRAC)
Kontagora as Commander and Major General Philip Ilodibia from Army Headquarters
Department of Policy and Plans to Defence Space Administration as Chief of
Defence Space Administration.
Equally appointed are
Major General Godwin Mutkut, from Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF)
N'Djamena to Headquarters Infantry Corps Centre as Corps Commander Infantry,
Major General Umar Abubakar from the Ministry of Defence to Headquarters
Nigerian Army Armour Corps as Commander Armour Corps, Major General John
Adeyemo moves from Nigerian Army School
of Artillery (NASA) to Headquarters Nigerian Army Corps of Artillery as Corps
Commander Artillery and Major General Mohammed Abdullahi from Nigerian Army
Cyberwarfare Command to Headquarters Nigerian Army Signals as Corps Commander
Signals.
Additionally, Major
General Taofik Sidick has been redeployed from the NAHFC to Headquarters
Nigerian Army Finance Corps as Chief of Accounts and Budget (Army), Major General Abdullahi Ibrahim from NAHFC to
Headquarters Nigerian Army Ordnance Corps as Corps Commander Ordnance, Major General Adeyinka Adereti from Defence
Headquarters to Headquarters Nigerian Army Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
as Corps Commander, Major General Nansak
Shagaya from Army Headquarters Department of Operations to Headquarters
Nigerian Army Corps of Supply and Transport as Corps Commander Supply and
Transport while Brigadier General Yusha'u Ahmed has been appointed Acting Corps
Commander Education.
The COAS also approved the appointment of Major General
Oluyemi Olatoye, from Headquarters 82
Division/ Joint Task Force South East Operation UDO KA to the Nigerian Defence
Academy (NDA), Kaduna and appointed Commandant, Major General Emmanuel Mustapha
from Defence Space Administration to Nigerian Army Signal School as Commandant,
Major General Adamu Hassan from Nigerian Defence Section, Riyadh, to Nigerian
Army School of Artillery as Commandant and Brigadier General John Bulus from
Headquarters Nigerian Army Finance Corps to Nigerian Army School of Finance and
Accounts as Commandant.
Senior officers appointed
as field commanders includes, Major
General Saidu Audu from Army Headquarters Department of Training to
Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF), N’Djamena, as Force Commander, Major
General Warrah Idris from Defence Headquarters to Joint Task Force North West
Operation FANSAN YAMMA as Commander and Major General Oluremi Fadairo from Army
Headquarters Department of Civil Military Affairs to 82 Division Nigerian Army,
Enugu as General Officer Commanding and Commander Joint Task Force South East
Operation UDO KA.
The COAS further
appointed Major General Olatokumbo Bello
as the Director Defence Media Operations at Defence Headquarters while
Brigadier General Samaila Uba was redeployed from the Armed Forces Command and
Staff College Jaji to Defence Headquarters as Director Defence Information.
Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu
charged the newly appointed senior officers to bring to bear their wealth of
operational experience, administrative acumen and strategic foresight in
driving a disciplined and combat-ready Army to decisively confront the contemporary
and emerging security challenges.
He urged them to sustain
the current operational momentum, strengthen interagency collaboration and
remain unwavering in upholding the Nigerian Army’s core ethos of loyalty,
selfless service, integrity and excellence.
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