Major Shake-up as Navy Reshuffles, Redeploys 56 Rear Admirals

The Nigerian Navy, yesterday, reshuffled the appointment of top senior officers including 56 Rear Admirals and a Commodore.

The naval headquarters in Abuja made the disclosure in a statement 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 formerly Deputy Director Special Operation Forces at the Defence Headquarters has been appointed 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 Administrations 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, among several other postings.