BY SAHARAREPORTERS, NEW YORKDEC 22, 2021
Adeboye Obasanjo, son of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo and 234 other military senior officers have been promoted to the ranks of one and two stars Generals.
SaharaReporters had earlier reported that while the Nigerian Army promoted 36 officers to the ranks of Major-Generals from Brigadier Generals, 76 Colonels were promoted to Brigadier Generals, the Nigerian Navy promoted 21 Commodores to Rear Admirals and 36 Captains to Commodores.
The Nigerian Air Force also promoted 30 new Air Vice Marshals from Air Commodores and 36 Group Captains to Air Commodores.
The newly promoted Major Generals in the Nigerian Army are:
CU Onwunle, M Dan madam, OJ Akpor, HT Wesley, UT Musa, AA Eyitayo, V Ebhaleme, LT Omoniyi, MNB Mamman, NU Muktar, A Adamu, DI Salihu, SA Akesobe, KA Isoni, HT Dada, AS Chinade, AA Ariyibi, W Shaibu, AA Adeyinka, BA Alabi, OT Olatoye, JH Abdussalam, ST Shafaru, PP Malla, BY Baffa, TE Gagariga, GM Mutkut, MT Durowaiye, JD Omali, J Mohammed, ZL Abubakar, ES Buba, JAL Jimoh, BE Onyeuko, JG Mohammed and EC Ekwesi
Those promoted from Colonels to Brigadier Generals are;
O Adegbe
AA Babalola
NN Orok
K Abdulkarim
VE Cletus
OA Aminu
GO Olorunyomi
MS Adamu
C Ogbuabo
JO Are
SA Adeyemo
AA Tawasimi
AT Lawal
BMG Martins
MJ Gambo
OO Olutunde
ML Abubakar
MU Ikobah
OO Yakubu
PK Zawaya
DR Dantani
BO Amakor
JH Bawa
EU Effiong
NA Mohammed
JO Ememe
DJ Abdulllahi
JU Gombe
J Ibrahim
MO Agi
CA Baushe
MY Lawal
RS Omolori
OO Obolo
OA Obasanjo
TJ Mackintosh
UC Ezeh
N Mbaka
T Ahmed
MO Ibrahim
BO Omopariola
UV Unachukwu
OM Oyekola
OAO Ojo
NN Rume
M Isah
AS Maikano
MI Falana
AD Abubakar
SS Diwa
D Umaru
A Mohammed
MK Sanda
HI Dasuki
S Ahmed
JA Ifeanyi
UA Lawal
YO Zubair
EA Koleoso
OJ Majebi
OA Ochagwuba
EC Emere
SM Dagari
AD Isa
I Tanko
A Jimoh
SI Said
AO Solarin
H Mohammed
JB Ibrahim
A Abdulkarim
II Adamu
A Iliyasu A Baningo
S Umaru
AA Ahmed
The newly-promoted Rear Admirals in the Nigerian Navy include AA Olugbode, former director Naval information, CF Azike, I Zilani, AD Bingel, KC Ezete, LC Izu, EI Ogalla, HUF Kaoje, SA Akinwande, USAChugali, EO Ferreira, B. Mohammed, MG Oamen, AM Ibrahim, A Ahmed, JN MAMMAN, PK Zakaria, AAO Orederu, H Ibrahim, SJ Oyegbade, SA Lawal.
The newly promoted Captains to Commodores in the Nigerian Navy are SA BAWA, ME EJUMABONE, MM EPELLE, GPZ ADO, OO FADAHUNSI, M FAKROGHA, PE METEKE, PP NIMMYEL, NS LAKAN, SM AHMED, ST LENGAYA, RT OLADEJO, MS OLUKOYA, AO OJO, OA AKINBAMI, HJ ARUOMAREN, CA ISAH, AO OJEBODE, BO ONALO, A ORIDE, MB SALISU, BM SULE, AA UMAR, BH SABO, ZS SULEIMAN IG IKONNE, SI MOHAMMED, CA OBIKA, OA OSHATUNBERU, JK ADEDEJI, OD NNATU, I PEPPLE, JE ADEDEJI and UM BUGAJE, MA ADETUNJI.
Those promoted to the rank of Air Vice Marshal in the Nigerian Air Force include PN Amadi, NN Anababa, A Abdulkadir, AV Ndace, UK Abdulahi, EE Effiom, IM Etukudo, AY Abdulahi, SK Aneke, NI Ilo, AH Amensilola, EO Ebiowei, MM Onyebashi, EO Shobande, S Olatunde, FO Edosa, AH Shinkafi, BR Mamman, HA Adebowale, AH Bakari, EF Batnah, AK Ademuwagun, LI Oluwatoyin, TZ Dauda, OS Ogunsina, NV Aguiyi, AT Marquis and OO Ogunmola.
