Army gets 21 new Major Generals, 93 Brigadier Generals, others

THE Army Council has approved the promotion of 227 senior officers from various ranks to the next ranks in the Nigerian Army.

Those promoted include 21 Brigadier Generals to Major Generals, 93 Colonels to Brigadier Generals and 113 Lieutenant Colonels to Colonels.

Those promoted included Brigadier General C.M. Abraham, acting General Officer Commanding (GOC), 2 Division; Brigadier General O.U. Obono, acting Corps Commander, Nigerian Army Artillery Corps;  Brigadier General P.J. Dauke, acting GOC, 3 Division; Brigadier General A.A. Nani, acting GOC, 8 Task Force Division; Brigadier General J.B. Olawunmi, acting Coordinator, Nigerian Army Aviation Corps; Brigadier General C.C. Okwonkwo, Commander 48 Task Force Division Engineers; Brigadier General M.S.A. Aliyu; Brigadier General A.M. Jalingo, who were all promoted to the rank of Major General, among others.

Among the Colonels promoted to the rank of Brigadier Generals were Colonels I.Y. Dogara, E.O. Aikhomu, Aminu Bande, I.F.D. Briggs, P.A. Alamba, U.U. Bassey, U.T. Musa, A.S. Ndalolo, A.I. Taiwo, Y. Hassan, I.O.O. Olotta and U.T. Utaru.

Others included the acting Director, Army Public Relations, Colonel S.K. Usman; acting Director of Chaplain Service (Roman Catholic), Colonel C.C. Iroegbu; acting Director of Chaplain Service (Protestant), Colonel D.D. Danfulani, and acting Director, Islamic Affairs, Colonel S.G. Mustapha.

Promotion in the Nigerian Army is an annual exercise by the service to qualified personnel who have distinguished themselves over stipulated period of time.

Earlier in the year, the Nigerian Army carried out several promotion exercises for other categories of its personnel.

They include the Junior Non-Commission Officers (JNCOs), Senior Non-Commission Officers and Warrant Officers category as well as junior officers from the rank of Second Lieutenant to Lieutenants; Lieutenants to Captains and from Captains to Majors.