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NIGERIA: Navy Redeploys 128 Senior Officers In ‘Routine Reshuffling’

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Following the December 2022 promotion of its senior officers, the Nigerian Navy (NN) has announced the redeployment of some of those top brass to a number of its formations and units within and outside Nigeria.

Making the announcement in a statement on Monday, the Director of Naval Information, Commodore Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan, further explained that the new appointments affected 52 Rear Admirals and 76 Commodores.

Rear Admiral Garba Abubakar was reappointed as the Nigerian Navy Delegate to the Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, according to the statement.
It disclosed that Rear Admiral Akano Adesope, formerly a Moderator at the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, Jos, Plateau State, North-Central Nigeria, has been appointed as the Admiral Superintendent, Naval Ordinance Depot.

The statement further read: “Rear Admiral Kennedy Egbuchulam, formerly Director of Administration, Naval Headquarters, is now reappointed to Naval Headquarters as the pioneer Chief of Communications and Information Technology.

“Rear Admiral Nnamdi Muogilim, former Chief of Defence Space Administration, Defence Headquarters, has been appointed as the Executive Director, Operations, Navy Holdings Limited, while Rear Admiral Adewale Olanrewaju, formerly Commander Nigerian Navy Ship WEY, is to take over as the Director, Standards, Naval Headquarters.

“The former Deputy Director of Communication Intelligence at Defence Intelligence Agency, Rear Admiral Fatah Sanusi, is now the new Executive Director, Administration, Human Resource and Personnel Management at the Navy Holdings Limited.

“Rear Admiral Nuhu Bala, the former Director of Transformation, Defence Headquarters, has been reappointed as the Deputy Chief of Defence Space Administration, Defence Headquarters, while Rear Admiral Danjuma Moses, former Director of Training, Defence Headquarters, takes over as the Deputy Commandant, Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji.

“The routine reshuffling of the senior naval officers also affected Rear Admiral Vincent Okeke, former Director of Logistics, Defence Headquarters, who has been reappointed to Defence Headquarters as Director of Plans, and Rear Admiral Yakubu Wambai, the immediate past Flag Officer Commanding, Western Naval Command, moves to Defence Headquarters as the Director of Transformation.

“The former Director Veterans Affairs, Naval Headquarters, Rear Admiral Ismaila Zelani, has been reappointed to Naval Headquarters as Director of Administration.

“Rear Admiral Emmanuel Beckley, the erstwhile Admiral Superintendent, Naval Ordnance Depot, moves to Headquarters, Defence Intelligence Agency, as the Director of Logistics, while Rear Admiral Domnan Dangwel, formerly Deputy Director Monitoring and Evaluation, Defence Headquarters, resumes at Naval Headquarters as the Director, Special Projects.

“Rear Admiral Tanko Pani, who served as Director of Plans, Defence Headquarters, has been reappointed to Defence Headquarters as the Director of Training.

“Rear Admiral Hamisu Sadiq, formerly the Deputy Director, Earth Observation, Defence Space Administration, Defence Headquarters, is now the Director of Safety, Naval Headquarters, while Rear Admiral Olusanya Bankole has been reappointed as the Director of Communications, Naval Headquarters.”

 

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