In a bid to curb the alarming rate of insurgency and other security threats ravaging the country, President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday sacked the former Service
Chiefs and replaced them with new Service Chiefs.
Below is the profile of the
new men appointed by the President...
Chief of
Defence Staff, Maj.Gen. Abayomi Gabriel Olonishakin:
The new CDS, Olonishakin (N/6901) hails from Ekiti State and
until his appointment, was the Head of the Nigerian Army Training and Doctrine
Command in Minna, Niger State.
Chief of
Army Staff, Maj.Gen. T.Y. Buratai:
The new CAS, Buratai, hails from Borno State. He was, until
his new appointment, the Commander of the Multinational Joint Task Force, which
has its headquarters in Ndjamena, Republic of Chad.
Buratai had previously served as Commander of the Nigerian
Army’s 2nd Brigade in Port Harcourt, Rivers State; and Commander of the
Nigerian Army School of Infantry in Jaji, Kaduna State.
Chief of
Naval Staff, Rear Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas:
The new CNS, Ibas (NN/0746), hails from Cross River State. He
enlisted into the Nigerian Defence Academy as a member of the 26th Regular
Course in 1979 and was commissioned as a sub-lieutenant in 1983.
Ibas had previously served as the Naval Provost Marshal; Chief
Staff Officer, Naval Training Command; Chief of Administration, Naval
Headquarters; Flag Officer Commanding Western Naval Command and Chief of
Logistics, Naval Headquarters. Until his appointment as the CNS, he was the
Chief Executive Officer of Navy Holdings Limited.
Chief of
Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal Sadique Abubakar:
The new Chief of Air Staff, Abubakar (NAF/1433), hails from
Bauchi State. Before his new appointment, he had previously served as Chief of
Standards and Evaluation, NAF Headquarters; Chief of Defence Communications and
Air Officer Commanding, NAF Training Command. He was the Chief of
Administration, NAF Headquarters, until his new appointment.
Chief of
Defence Intelligence, Air Vice Marshal Monday Riku Morgan.
The new Chief of Defence Intelligence, Morgan, hails from
Benue State. He was commissioned into the Nigerian Air Force as a Pilot Officer
in June, 1982. He once served as the Air Officer Commanding, NAF Logistics
Command.
The new
NSA is Maj.Gen. Babagana Monguno (retd.):
The new NSA was a member of the Nigerian Defence Academy’s
21st Regular Course.
Before his retirement from the Army, he held several command
and staff appointments including, Commander, Guards Brigade; Deputy Commandant,
National Defence College; Chief of Defence Intelligence, Chief of Defence
Logistics and Commander, Training and Doctrine Command.
They
replaced former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh; former
Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Kenneth Minimah; former Chief of Naval Staff,
Vice Admiral Usman Jibrin; and former Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu,
who were all sacked earlier on Monday.
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