The Nigerian Navy Thursday reshuffled top officers comprising 56 rear admirals and a commodore.
The naval headquarters in Abuja made the disclosure in a statement signed by the Director of Information, Nigerian Navy, Commodore Adetotun Ayo-Vaughan.
Details of the new appointments showed that Rear Admiral Olusanya Bankole formerly the Director of Logistics, Defence Space
Administration, is now appointed Chief of Communications and Information Technology, Naval Headquarters while Rear Admiral Alexander Bingel formerly Director Combat Policy and Tactics is now the Director of Logistics, Defence
Headquarters. Rear Admiral Ibrahim Dewu, formerly Director Project
Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation Directorate, Naval Headquarters is
now the Chief of Defence Civil Military Cooperation, Defence Headquarters while
Rear Admiral Kennedy Ezete formerly Director Project Monitoring, Defence
Headquarters resumes as the Chief of Administration, Naval Headquarters.
The statement disclosed that Rear
Admiral Livingstone Izu, who was the Director Manning at Naval Headquarters is
the new Chief of Logistics, Naval Headquarters while Rear Admiral Musa Madugu
formery Deputy Director Special Operation Forces at the Defence Headquarters
has been appointed as the Admiral Superintendent Naval Ordinance Depot.
Rear Admiral Daupreye Matthew, the erstwhile Director of Innovation and Concept
Development, Naval Headquarters is now the Director of Training, Defence
Headquarters while Rear Admiral Zakariya Muhammad, the former Director of
Training, Naval Headquarters has been reappointed Chief of Training and
Operations.
Rear Admiral Emmanuel Nmoyem has been reappointed Director
Human Rights Desks at the Defence Headquarters while Rear Admiral Ibrahim
Shettima formerly Flag Officer Commanding Central Naval Command moves to
Defence Headquarters as Director of Plans.
The former Director of Plans, Naval Headquarters, Rear Admiral Monday Unurhiere
has been appointed the Chief of Defence Admimistration at the Defence
Headquarters while Rear Admiral Hamza Kaoje who was the Director Equipment
Standardisation and Harmonisation, Defence Headquarters has been appointed
Group Managing Director, Navy Holdings Limited.
Further details of the redeployment showed that Rear Admiral Sulaiman El-ladan,
who was the Chief of Naval Engineering, Naval Headquarters is now at the Defence
Research and Development Bureau at Defence Headquarters as the Director
Marine Research while Rear Admiral Idi Abbas formerly Director of Operations,
Naval Headquarters is now reappointed Chief of Naval Safety and Standards.
Rear
Admiral Mohammed Abdullahi, the immediate past Director, Communications at
Naval Headquarters takes over as the Flag Officer Commanding Western Naval
Command while Rear Admiral Saheed Akinwande formerly the Commandant Naval War College Nigeria has been appointed Director Operations, Naval Headquarters.
Also, Rear Admiral Istifanus Albara formerly the Head ECOWAS Maritime Security
Coordination Centre, Abidjan moves to Naval Headquarters as Navy Secretary
while Rear Admiral Clement Atebi has been reappointed to Naval Headquarters as
the Director Audit.
Rear Admiral Samson Bura formerly Director Search and
Rescue, Defence Headquarters is now the Director of Logistics at the Defence
Intelligence Agency while Rear Admiral Umar Chugali formerly Director Cyber at
the Defence Space Administration takes over as the Flag Officer Commanding,
Central Naval Command.
Further details of the shake-up shows that Rear Admiral Oluwole Fadeyi has been reappointed
Director Record Returns and Analysis, Naval Headquarters, likewise Rear Admiral
Olusola Oluwagbire reappointed Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Naval
Command.
The new postings also saw Rear Admiral Eugenio Ferreira reappointed
Commander, Operation Delta Safe, Rear Admiral Mustapha Hassan formerly
Director of Policy, Naval Headquarters redeployed to Naval War College Nigeria,
Calabar as the Commandant while Rear Admiral Baratuaipri Iyalla formerly Chief
Staff Officer, Logistics Command reappointed Flag Officer Commanding Logistics
Command, Oghara.
Rear Admiral Kohath Levi formerly Chief Staff Officer Naval
Doctrine Command resumes at Naval Headquarters as the Chief of Naval
Engineering while Rear Admiral Bashir Mohammed formerly Chief of Logistics,
Naval Headquarters is now the Director Project Monitoring, Defence Headquarters.
Rear Admiral Julius Nwagu formerly Director Campaign Planning, Naval
Headquarters is now appointed Commandant Defence Intelligence College.
Meanwhile, Rear Admiral Patrick Nwatu has been reappointed Flag Officer
Commanding Naval Training Command while Rear Admiral Mike Oamen who was
the Director Veterans Affairs, Naval Headquarters is now the Chief of Naval
Transformation at the Naval Headquarters.
Also, Rear Admiral James Okosun has
been reappointed Commandant Nigerian Navy Engineering College, Sapele, Rear
Admiral Ayodeji Olugbode formerly Managing Director Admiralty Maritime Services
Limited takes over as Hydrogragher of the Nigerian Navy while Rear Admiral
Abolaji Orederu formerly Director of Ships Design and Acquisition at the Naval
Headquarters has been appointed as the Admiral Superintendent Naval Dockyard
Limited, Victoria Island, Lagos.
The immediate past Commander Naval Drafting, Rear Admiral Habilla Zakaria
resumes at Headquarters Naval Doctrine Command as the Flag Officer Commanding
while Rear Admiral Suleiman Abdullahi, formerly Managing Director Navy Exchange
Limited is now the Director of Logistics, Defence Space Administration at the
Defence Headquarters.
The erstwhile Chief of Accounts and Budget, Naval
Headquarters, Rear Admiral Kasimu Bushi has been appointed Managing Director
Navy Hotels and Suites Limited while the immediate past Flag Officer Commanding
Western Naval Command, Rear Admiral Joseph Akpan resumes at Naval
Headquarters as the Chief of Policy and Plans.
Rear Admiral Abdulmajid Ibrahim,
former Director Peace Keeping Operations, Naval Headquarters is appointed
Director Defence Transformation at the Defence Headquarters while Rear Admiral
Olumuyiwa Olotu former Flag Officer Commanding Logistics Command takes over
as the Commandant National Defence College, Abuja.
Rear Admiral Ibrahim
Shehu, formerly the Director Marine Engineering, Naval Headquarters is appointed
Managing Director Navy Building and Construction Company Limited while Rear
Admiral Abdullahi Ahmed who was Director of Recruitments Resettlement and
Reserve, Naval Headquarters has been appointed Deputy Chief of Defence Space
Administration at the Defence Headquarters.
Others include Rear Admiral Fredrick Damtong
formerly the Director of Weapon Engineering, Naval Headquarters resumes as the
Admiral Superintendent Naval Shipyard Limited.
Meanwhile, Rear Admiral Abdulrasheed Haruna has been reappointed as the Chief Staff Officer, Headquarters
Eastern Naval Command while Rear Admiral Hamza Ibrahim, who was Admiral
Superintendent Naval Dockyard Limited has been appointed Managing Director
Admiralty Marine Services Limited. Rear Admiral Sunday Oyegade, the outgone
Admiral Superintendent Naval Shipyard Limited assumes office as the Director
Project Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation at Naval Headquarters while Rear
Admiral John Mamman is reappointed Chief Staff Officer, Headquarters Western
Naval Command likewise Rear Admiral John Okeke is reappointed Chief Staff Officer, Headquarters Central Naval Command.
Rear Admiral Olatunde Olodude,
the former Fleet Commander Western Fleet resumes Naval Headquarters as the
Director of Plans.
The redeployment also affected Rear Admiral Peter Zakaria formerly Director of
Arms, Naval Headquarters now appointed Chief Staff Officer, Headquarters
Logistics Command and Rear Admiral Sunday Atakpa who is reappointed Chief
Staff Officer, Headquarters Naval Training Command.
Rear Admiral Abdul-hamid
Baba-Inna, formerly the Director of Legal Services, Naval Headquarters is now
Director of Administration, Naval Headquarters while Rear Admiral Patrick Effah,
formerly Director of Maritime Domain Awareness, Naval Headquarters is now the
Director of Naval Intelligence.
Rear Admiral Abubakar Mustapha, who was the
Deputy Director Defence Affairs at the Office of the National Security Adviser
assumes office as the Director of Training, Naval Headquarters while Rear Admiral
Chidozie Okehie, the immediate past Director of Personnel Release at the Naval
Headquarters takes over as the Deputy Commandant, Armed Forces Command
and Staff College, Jaji.
Rear Admiral Olusegun Soyemi, formerly the Director
Monitoring and Evaluation Analysis , Naval Headquarters is appointed Director of
Policy, Naval Headquarters while Rear Admiral Abraham Zipelle, formerly
Commandant Defence Intelligence College now moves to Naval Headquarters as
the Director of Manning. Furthermore, Commodore Omotola Olukoya, who was
the Commander Central Pay Office resumes as the new Chief of Accounts and
Budget, Naval Headquarters.
(FROM: THISDAY)
