The Nigerian Navy said hand over ceremony from inception is procedural, adding that reports that Gambo refused to pass the baton to Ogalla is false.

   The Nigerian Navy says former Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Awwal Gambo (retd.) will hand over to his successor, Rear Admiral Ikechukwu Ogalla at a public ceremony on Friday, June 23.

“Suffice to state that handing and taking over ceremony in the Nigerian Navy from inception is procedural. Upon the announcement of the change of the ‘Watch on deck’, the outgoing CNS is expected to give detailed brief to the incoming CNS, tour key naval facilities and perform the ceremonial lowering of ensign.

“Accordingly, the programme of events leading to the formal handing and taking over ceremony has kicked off to culminate at a public ceremony on Friday 23 June 2023 in line with age-long naval tradition," said Naval Director of Information, AO Ayo-Vaughan in a statement.

The naval spokesman debunked reports making the round that Gambo allegedly refused to hand over to Ogalla after President Bola Tinubu retired all service chiefs on Monday and appointed new ones including Ogalla.

He advised members of the public to discountenance “the malicious publication and erroneous information as a figment of the reporter’s imagination.”

“Instructively, it is pertinent to mention that sister Services are also due to hand over as they have set aside specific dates for their handing and taking over ceremonies.

Members of the public are therefore advised to discountenance the malicious publication and erroneous information as a figment of imagination,” Ayo-Vaughan stated.

Racoon:
So a C-in-C orders are now being selectively obeyed? Well, a lots of bad precedence have been set by a failed former military HOS when even a IGP told him that he didn't report to Benue to contain terrorist killings as instructed and defiantly said nothing will be done to him. And so it was. So much impunity, constitutional violation and utter lawlessness in the land.

Ikaeniyan0:
Did you really read the article?

Racoon:
Yes I did. A C-in-C order is to be obeyed impromptu and immediately. This is what makes the president, the president, military tradition or not.

youngsahito:
Alot of impunity going on in the country.

HeartlessMan:
Let him hand over to me on Thursday so that I can hand over to the new Chief on Friday.

I want to test something.

The naval spokesman debunked reports making the round that Gambo allegedly refused to hand over to Ogalla after President Bola Tinubu retired all service chiefs on Monday and appointed new ones including Ogalla.
He advised members of the public to discountenance “the malicious publication and erroneous information as a figment of the reporter’s imagination.”

Ikaeniyan0:
They we're not sacked

This is the way it has always been in the military when there's a change of command. MG Ihejirika didn't take over immediately from LTG Dambazau. MG Buratai didn't take over from LTG Minimah immediately.

You can prove me wrong though, i will be waiting