Military Spokesmen, Nwachukwu, Gabkwet, Ayo-Vaughan, Promoted to Rank of Major General, Air Vice Marshal, Rear Admiral

*47 Brigadier Generals promoted to rank of Major General

*22 Air Commodores promoted Air Vice Marshal, 16, Group Captains promoted Air Commodore

*28 Navy Captains elevated to rank of  Commodore, 30 commodores  promoted to rank of Rear Admiral

Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja

The Military Council has approved the promotion of senior military officers to the rank of generals including the Spokesmen of the Nigerian Army, Nigerian Air Force and the Nigerian Navy.

They include Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, who was promoted to the rank of Major General, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, who was promoted to the rank of Air Vice Marshal and Commodore Ayo-Vaughan, who was promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral.

A statement issued by the the Nigerian Army said the Army Council  approved the  promotion of senior officers to the next ranks of Major General and Brigadier General respectively. 

It said a total of 47 Brigadier Generals we’re promoted to the rank of Major General, while 75 Colonels were elevated to the rank of Brigadier General accordingly.

The Air Force Council (AFC) also approved the promotion of 38 senior officers to the next higher ranks in the Nigerian Air Force (NAF). 

A statement by the Nigerian Air Force headquarters said out of the 38 senior officers promoted, 22 were elevated to the rank of Air Vice Marshal, while 16 were elevated to the rank of Air Commodore.

In the same vein, the Navy board  approved the promotion of 58 senior officers to various ranks in the Nigerian Navy. 

The breakdown of the promotion released showed that 28 Navy Captains were elevated to the rank of  Commodore while 30 commodores were promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral. 

In the army, those promoted  to the rank of Major General include, Brig Gen WB Etuk Commandant Nigerian Army College of Logistics and Management, Brig Gen JE Osifo Commandant Nigerian Army School of Finance and Administration, Brigadier General WM Dangana Commander Sector 3 Joint Task Force North East Operation HADIN KAI,  Brig Gen  TB Ugiagbe Acting Chief of Military Intelligence, Brig Gen ASM Wase Deputy  Director General Land Forces Stimulation Centre Nigeria Operations, Brig Gen MA Abdullahi Commandant Depot Nigerian Army, Brig Gen BI Alaya Commander Command Engineering Depot, Brig Gen  AO Oyelade Director Personnel Planning Army Headquarters Department of personnel Management, Brig Gen OO Arogundade Commandant Nigerian Army School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering,  Brig Gen EI Okoro  Commander 13 Brigade, Brig Gen CR Nnebeife  Executive Director  Nigerian Army Farms and Ranches Limited, Brig Gen FU Mijinyawa Director Plans Army Headquarters Department of Policy and Plans, Brig Gen MT Abdullahi Commander 50 Space Command, Brig Gen M Adamu Commander 32 Brigade, Brig Gen ND Shagaya Commandant Nigerian Army School of Supply and Transport, Brig Gen ME Onoja Office of the CDS and Brig Gen MO Erebulu Acting Director Psychological Warfare Defence Headquarters.

Equally elevated to the rank of Major General are Brig Gen BA Ilori Commander Army Headquarters Garrison Ordnance Services, Brig Gen MO Ihanuwaze Director  Budget Army Headquarters, Brig Gen O Nwachukwu Director Army Public Relations, Brig Gen EE Ekpenyong of the Nigerian Army Resource Centre, Brig Gen SI Musa Director Legal Service (Army), Brig Gen M Galadima Commander Command Finance Office and Brig Gen AP Ahmadu Commander 1 Division Ordnance Service.

According to the Director of Information of the Nigerian Navy, Commodore Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan, who happened to be among the newly promoted senior officers from Commodore to Rear Admiral in a statement noted that those promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral include; Commodores Adefemi Kayode, Kabir Mohammed, Gabriel Aligwe, Aliyu Gaya, Shehu Gombe, Godfrey Kwetishe, Robert Obeya, Musa Katagum, Kehinde Odubanjo, Pakiribo Anabraba, Suleiman Ibrahim, Olugbenga Oladipo, Haruna Zego, Adedotun AyoVaughan, Mohammed Dahiru, Nnamdi Ekwom, Stephen Ibrahim, Mohammed Muye, Aniefiok Uko, Anenechukwu Ezenma, Olufemi Adeleke, Etop Ebe, Sunday Yahaya, Umaru Faruk, Michael Igwe, Ikenna Ubanni, Emmanuel Anakwe, Omotola Olukoya. Furthermore, Joseph Ake was promoted unto retirement. 

Those elevated to the rank of Air Vice Marshal include the Director of Public Relations and Information, Headquarters NAF (HQ NAF), Edward Gabkwet, Abubakar Sule, Olayinka Oyesola, Abubakar Bukar, Razaq Olanrewaju, Olanrewaju Oyename, Ahmed Idris, Abdulrasheed Kotun, Chidiebere Obiabaka, Gambo Mbaka, Felix Uwakara, John Ukeh, Emeka Ashiegbu, Zayyan Usman, Mohammed Ibrahim, Babatunde Ajayi, David Dickson, Muhammed Sulaiman, Rasaq Shittu, Friday Ogohi, Henry Yurkusi and Suleiman Usman.