The Nigerian Air Force has a few hours ago, announced the redeployment of 27 Air Vice Marshals, 45 senior officers in a move to reorganise the force following recent promotions and retirement.
The Nigerian Air Force in a statement released by the Director of Public Relations and Information Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola said the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar has authorized the appointments of a total of 72 senior officers comprising 27 Air Vice Marshals (AVMs), 30 Air Commodores (Air Cdres), 8 Group Captains (Gp Capts), 4 Wing Commanders (Wg Cdrs) and 3 Squadron Leaders (Sqn Ldrs).
This move according to Air Commodore Daramola, is coming following the recent promotion of senior officers of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) to the next higher ranks as well as the retirement of some senior officers of air rank, it has become necessary to reorganize and ensure senior officers hold appropriate appointments for operational efficiency and effectiveness.
Prominent among those 27 Air Vice Marshals affected by the new postings are:
Air Vice Marshals Emmanuel Anebi who is now the Chief of Policy and Plans Headquarters NAF (HQ NAF),
AVM Nurudeen Balogun: has been appointed as the Chief of Defence Policy and Plans at the Defence Headquarters (DHQ).
AVM Charles Otegbade: has been appointed as the College Secretary, National Defence College while
AVM Rufus Ojuawo: is taking over as the Chairman Air Expo and International Liaison Secretariat.
Other appointments include:
AVM Napoleon Bali: as the new Air Officer Commanding (AOC), Special Operations Command, Bauchi,
AVM Oladayo Amao: as the new Chief of Training and Operations at HQ NAF,
AVM Abdulganiyu Olabisi: as the new AOC Logistics Command, Ikeja and,
AVM John Baba: as the new AOC Tactical Air Command.
AVM Mahmoud Ahmed has been redeployed as the Air Secretary HQ NAF,
AVM Remigus Ekeh: appointed as the new Chief of Standards and Evaluation at HQ NAF,
AVM Ibukun Ojeyemi becomes the new Director of Policy at HQ NAF.
AVM Musibau Olatunji: is now the Director of Air Engineering at HQ NAF,
AVM Peter Uzezi has been appointed as the new AOC Mobility Command.
Also appointed are:
AVM Dahiru Sanda: now a Directing Staff at National Institute of Policy and Strategic studies,
AVM Ismaila Yahaya: as the new Director of Training at HQ NAF,
AVM Idi Lubo :as Director NAF Transformation at HQ NAF,
AVM Mohammed Yakubu: redeployed as the Chief of Logistics HQ NAF and
AVM Emmanuel Wonah as the new Director of Sports at DHQ. Similarly,
AVM Paul Jemitola has been appointed as the new Director of Research and Development at HQ NAF,
AVM Anderson Kassimu as Director Civil Military Relations at DHQ and,
AVM Ibrahim Ali: as the new Deputy Commandant, Air Force Institute of Technology, Kaduna.
Meanwhile, AVM Musa Tanko is to take over as Director of Space Utilization at DHQ,
AVM Musa Muktar: has been redeployed as the new Chief of Aircraft Engineering at HQ NAF.
AVM Maxwell Nnaji has been appointed as the new Chief of Communication Information Systems at HQ NAF,
AVM Emmanuel Chukwu: as the new Director Earth Observation at Defence Space Administration,
AVM Aliyu Bello: as the new Chief of Staff at Headquarters Special Operations Command,
AVM Olusegun Philip: as the new Director of Evaluation at HQ NAF.
Air Cdre Abraham Adole: appointed as the Principal Air Staff Officer to the Chief of the Air Staff,
Air Cdre Ayodele Laoye: as Director of Procurement,
Gp Capt Jika Sanda: the Director of Legal Services HQ NAF.
The newly posted and redeployed senior officers are expected to take over their new offices not later than 25 January 2019.