In what appears to be a major shakeup in the formation of the Nigerian Army (NA), the new Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja,
Senior officers appointed as General Officers Commanding are Major General BA Alabi from Army War College Nigeria to Headquarters 1 Division as GOC; Maj Gen AE Abubakar from Headquarters 7 Division to 3 Division as GOC 3 Division/ Commander Operation Safe Haven , and Maj Gen PP Mala, who was posted from Depot Nigerian Army to Headquarters 7 Division as GOC/ Commander Sector 1 Joint Task North East Operation Hadin Kai .
Equally redeployed are Brig Gen TB Ugiagbe who is appointed Acting Chief of Military Intelligence ; Brig Gen OG Onubogu from Headquarters Infantry Corps Centre to Martin Luther Agwai International Peace Keeping Centre as Commandant, while Brig Gen N Ashinze moves from Department of Civil Military Cooperation to Defence Intelligence Agency as Director Fusion.
AVM Abubakar made the call at the weekend while speaking as the special guest of honour during the graduation ceremony of 314 participants of the Junior Division Course 95/2023 of the Armed Forces Command and College, Jaji. Congratulating the graduating officers, particularly those from sister African countries, the CAS urged them to build on the good time they had in Nigeria to foster their connections, which he said will significantly advance bilateral ties and going military collaboration among the various countries in tackling emerging transnational security threats in Africa.
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