The Nigeria Army in their quest to bring in fresh ideas in the fight against terrorism and other security issues, have on Friday announced a new Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole as it redeploys some senior officers in line with the directive of the Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai
According to a statement released on Friday by the Director Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Texas Chukwu, Major General Ahmed Dikko was appointed the new Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole.
Brigadier General Chukwu explained that the posting, which also re-organised the operation, was aimed at injecting new hands to further actualise the vision of the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai.
He added that the posting affected principal staff officers both at the Defence and Army Headquarters, as well as General Officers Commanding (GOCs).
The Nigerian Army has announced a major redeployment of senior officers in Command, Staff and other appointments. The posting affected Principal Staff Officers both at the Defence and Army Headquarters as well as General Officers Commanding (GOCs).
The Theatre Commander Operation LAFIYA DOLE, Force Commander Multinational Joint Task Force are also affected by the posting. The posting which also re-organized Operation LAFIYA DOLE was aimed at injecting new hands to further actualize the vision of the Chief of Army Staff
Those affected in the redeployment include Maj Gen AM Dikko who will take over as Theatre Commander of Operation LAFIYA DOLE, Brig Gen AO Abdullahi as Acting Commander Sector 2, Operation LAFIYA DOLE and Brig Gen UU Bassey as Acting Commander Sector 3, Operation LAFIYA DOLE.
Others are, Maj Gen CO Ude posted as Force Commander MNJTF Ndjamena, Maj Gen J Sarham as GOC 6 Division, Maj Gen EB Kabuk GOC 82 Division, Maj Gen MS Yusuf GOC 81 Division and Maj Gen BA Akinroluyo as GOC 3 Division.
Among the Principal Staff Officers affected are Maj Gen LEO Irabor posted as Chief of Defence Training and Operations in the @DefenceInfoNG Headquarters while Maj Gen LO Adeosun takes over as Chief of Training and Operations at the Army Headquarters.
Others are Maj Gen HO Otiki, as Commander Infantry Corps and Maj Gen CU Agulanna as Chief of Accounts and Budget Nigerian Army. Maj Gen JE Jakko is posted to DHQ as Chief of Defence Finance and Budget
Maj Gen AB Abubakar, Maj Gen A Mohammed and Maj Gen LKJ Ogunewe, among others will be proceeding to the Nigerian Army Resource Centre on Course @NARCng. All postings and appointments take effect from 1 August 2018.