Nigerian Army Council promotes 47 Brigadier Generals to Major Generals

A total of 47 Brigadier Generals have been promoted to Major Generals by the Nigerian Army Council.

Additionally, seventy-five colonels were promoted to the rank of brigade general.

Following the retirement of 113 generals on Wednesday, they will be promoted.

Brig. Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, Director of Army Public Relations, said in a statement on Friday that the senior officers’ promotions were authorised by the service council on Thursday.

He mentioned that they were given a directive to quadruple their efforts by Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, the Chief of Army Staff, to support their promotion and the trust placed in them.

According to him, those promoted to the rank of Major General include Brig Gen WB Etuk, Commandant Nigerian Army College of Logistics and Management; Brig Gen JE Osifo, Commandant Nigerian Army School of Finance and Administration; Brigadier General WM Dangana Commander Sector 3 Joint Task Force North East Operation HADIN KAI; Brig Gen TB Ugiagbe Acting Chief of Military Intelligence, Brig Gen ASM Wase Deputy Director General Land Forces Stimulation Centre Nigeria Operations; Brig Gen MA Abdullahi Commandant Depot Nigerian Army; Brig Gen BI Alaya Commander Command Engineering Depot, Brig Gen AO Oyelade Director Personnel Planning Army Headquarters Department of personnel Management; Brig Gen OO Arogundade Commandant Nigerian Army School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, Brig Gen EI Okoro Commander 13 Brigade; Brig Gen CR Nnebeife Executive Director Nigerian Army Farms and Ranches Limited and Brig Gen FU Mijinyawa Director Plans Army Headquarters Department of Policy and Plans