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Jonathan’s ADC Among Officers Fired By Army by Ofunaofu: 3:57pm On Jun 12, 2016 |
There was shock in the Nigerian Army, with
some hinting of ethnic and religious cleansing,
as close to 200 officers including major
generals were retired, on Friday, following
what the authorities said was a consequence
of service exigencies.
Several generals were said to have reported
for work with zeal on Friday with no inkling
that their fate had been decided by the Army
Council, only to be given letters which turned
out to be retirement letters.
A sizeable number of those retired are said to
be those that held operational positions like
Brigade Commanders, Commanding Officers
and other sensitive positions during the 2015
general elections, as well as those that
participated in the war against terror, now
christened ‘Operation Lafiya Dole’.
Others allegedly had one or two roles to play
in the procurement of army equipment and
other logistics and may have been indicted by
the Chief of Army Staff’s Committee that
investigated arms, logistics and other
procurements dating back to the tenure of
former COAS, Generals Owoye Azazi,
Abdurahman Dambazau, Azubuike Ihejirika and
KTJ Minimah.
Some of the generals, who Sunday Vanguard
gathered were in the list, include Major General
MY Ibrahim, a former GOC 7 Division,
Maiduguri, Major General Fatai Ali, a former
Chief of Training and Operations, Army
Headquarters, Major General Ilo, GOC 2
Division, Ibadan, Major General SD Aliyu, former
DA China, Brig-General Lawson, Defence
Adviser China, Brigadier General Mustapha
Onoiveta, a former ADC to the late President
Yar’Adua, Brigadier General Dahiru Abdusalami,
Brigade Commander, Jos, Brigadier General
Bello, Acting Director, Operations, and former
ADC to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Col
Ojogbane Adegbe.
A statement from Army headquarters, signed
by the Acting Director, Army Public Relations
on the retirements and released at 12. 45am,
on Friday, read, “The Nigerian Army wishes to
inform the general public that quite a number
of senior officers of the Nigerian Army were
retired from service yesterday.
"Those retired were mainly some Major
Generals, Brigadier Generals, Colonels,
Lieutenant Colonels and a Major.
"Their retirement was based on Service
exigencies. It should be recalled that not too
long ago some officers were investigated for
being partisan during the 2015 general
elections. Similarly, the investigation by the
Presidential Committee investigating Defence
Contracts revealed a lot.
"Some officers have already been arraigned in
court by the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC). “People should therefore
not read this out of context. “The military must
remain apolitical and professional at all times”.
See list of some of the affected officers below:
1. Maj Gen FO Ali.
2. Maj Gen EG Atewe.
3. Maj Gen Ejemai.
4. Maj Gen MY Ibrahim.
5. Maj Gen IN Ijioma.
6. Maj Gen Koleoso.
7. Maj Gen PAT Akem.
8. Maj Gen LC Ilo.
9. Maj Gen SD Aliyu.
10. Brig Gen Onibasa.
11. Brig Gen IM Lawson.
12. Brig Gen D Abdusalam.
13. Brig Gen Bashir Mormoni.
14. Brig Gen ASH Sahaad.
15. Brig Gen Koko Essien.
16. Brig Gen MD Onoiveta.
17. Brig Gen LM Bello.
18. Brig Gen MG Ali.
19. Brig Gen Oyefesobi.
20. Brig Gen Ogidi.
21. Brig Gen Fiboinumama.
22. Brig Gen Agachi.
23. Col OU Nwankwo.
24. Col Adegbe.
25. Col DR Hassan.
26. Col TT Minima.
27. Col CK Ukoha.
28. Col FD Kayode.
29. Col Achinze.
30. Lt Col Oladuntoye.
31. Lt Col Adinmoha.
32. Lt Col CO Amadi.
33. Lt Col Baba Ochanpa.
34. Lt Col Dazang.
35. Lt Col TE Arigbe.
36. Lt Col Egemole.
37. Lt Col A Suleiman.
38. Lt Col A Mohammed.
39. Lt Col AS Mohammed.
40. Lt Col Enemchukwu.
41. Maj TA Williams.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/06/jonathans-adc-among-officers-fired-army/
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