GOCs, FOCs, AOCs, Generals, others to be affected

A major reorganisation exercise is expected to take place in the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN), following the appointment of new Service Chiefs on Tuesday by President Muhammadu Buhari. Those affected by the development included the former Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Abayomi Olonisakin; Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt- Gen. Tukur Buratai; Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas, as well as Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar. The development came after serving for five years and six months in their respective offices.

They were replaced with Maj-Gen. Lucky Irabor (CDS); Maj-Gen. Attahiru Ibrahim (COAS); Rear Admiral Awwal Gambo (CNS), as well as Air Vice Marshal Isiaka Amao (CAS) respectively. Investigation by New Telegraph revealed that following the latest appointments, the new Service Chiefs will carry out major reorganisations, which will cut across both tactical and operational levels of the three services.

The implication is that many General Officers Commanding (GOCs), Flag Officers Commanding (FOCs), and Air Officers Commanding (AOCs) currently serving, may be affected by new postings expected to happen shortly after the new Service Chiefs assume their respective offices.

A senior military officer, who spoke in confidence with this newspaper, said what happened on Tuesday, will lead to the retirement of many officers within the ranks of Major General and Brigadier General. According to the source, who spoke in confidence, those likely to be affected are officers within the rank of Major General, who are senior to the newly-appointed military heads.

This, he explained, was because an officer is not expected to serve under his junior as Chief. “Looking at the seniority roll of the Army, Navy and the Air Force, all those officers from the bar, those that were senior to the Chief of Army Staff, Chief of Naval Staff and Chief of Air Staff, will be retired because they are not expected to serve under their juniors as Service Chiefs.

“So, that will be the first thing that will happen to the Armed Forces,” the source said. “After they have taken that cut-off point, maybe some of them who are GOCs are likely to be affected. “So, you are going to see retirement of many Generals, especially those of the rank of Major General and Brigadier General are most likely to be retired,” he said. Another source, who spoke in a similar vein, stated that once that was done, new appointments and postings to tactical and operational commands will take place. His words: “When they are retired, the next thing you are going to see is appointments at the various sensitive positions in the military, especially operational. “For instance, who are the officers likely to be GOCs (Army), Flag Officers Commanding (Navy), and Air Officers Commanding (Air Force)?

“It may lead to retirement of all officers that are senior to the present Chiefs. “Then, especially in tactical and operational areas, a new bloc is going to be engendered, because by the time you retire all these people, you create a vacuum. “Some of these young officers, who have been trained in one tactical area or the other, they want to show what they are; that look, if we are given the opportunity, we are going to do our best.”

Meanwhile, findings at the Services’ headquarters in Abuja indicated that some of the ex-Service Chiefs were still coming to office. An officer, who spoke under the condition of anonymity, said it was not out of place for them to resume duties despite their replacement, since they needed to prepare their hand-over notes.

https://www.newtelegraphng.com/major-reorganisation-looms-in-armed-forces/

When the head is rotten, the body is useless.

Exercise in futility.

“It may lead to retirement of all officers that are senior to the present Chiefs. “Then, especially in tactical and operational areas, a new bloc is going to be engendered, because by the time you retire all these people, you create a vacuum. “Some of these young officers, who have been trained in one tactical area or the other, they want to show what they are; that look, if we are given the opportunity, we are going to do our best.”

If this intentions are pure and true.
It's a welcome development

Sammy07:


If this intentions are pure and true.
It's a welcome development

Or the promotion of our rehabilitated boys.

Kaduna1stson:


Or the promotion of our rehabilitated boys.

Mi o r'aye ejo

Just say alot of officers from the south will be sacked to save yourself the headache of many explanation.

Anything to stop the unnecessary killing nationwide is welcome

Nice... Terrorism and banditry will end this year... bye, bye, Shekau! Bye, bye Nnamdi Kanu! These new Service Chiefs are not smiling! Trust me!... One by one, all you terrorists will be identified and exterminated! NEVER to be seen again!

God bless President Muhammadu Buhari.
God bless all patriotic Nigerians.
God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Willingness to tackle security issues without bias from government is another serious issue entirely.
Mr. President, Lead us well
If you be Governor? Govern us well.
If you be Senator; Senate am well
Police well well; somebody should help us to completely the lyrics.

Before they invite person for hate speech.

Better

The IGP is supposed to retire with his smiling face already, I mean the SARS he disbanded has regrouped as Crack Squad Enugu and other different names all over NIGERIA.

Long overdue

After the major re-organization, major resignation will follow...

Even Nigeria need reorganization. You can't just pack sensible people and cowdung heads together and expect great results. It's time to allow us to pick the side we like. We are too different in culture, tradition and intelligence.

Good one
Let fresh blood in
Boko haram your days are numbered
Bandits,iswap,bad herdsmen and terrorists your days are numbered
You will all suffer and pay for all the sorrow and Havocs committed.
Amen.

To all good and not crook military and security personnels in Nigeria
Take my salute before I return to za evil forest
una deserve am

If it will yield any positive result then we welcome it

Yeyen people.
Ordinary ESN wan kpain una.
All they specialize in is bullying innocent unarmed citizens and massacring people at lekki tollgate.

Normal normal

make we look how things turn out to be at last..

RIP soldiers

The irony of life:

1. Someone somewhere is hoping that these new changes better his lots in life as he has nowhere to go except Nigeria!

2. Someone somewhere has just boarded a plane/purchased a ticket/obtained a visa with plans of never returning to Nigeria because all hope is lost.

If you’re not a BMC please make all reasonable efforts join the 2nd group. It may get messier from here.

The more things change ....

Ok

This, he explained, was because an officer is not expected to serve under his junior as Chief. “Looking at the seniority roll of the Army, Navy and the Air Force, all those officers from the bar, those that were senior to the Chief of Army Staff, Chief of Naval Staff and Chief of Air Staff, will be retired because they are not expected to serve under their juniors as Service Chiefs.

Alright!

Provided you people give us positive results.

Nigeria will be great in our lifetime.

Anything to move Nigeria forward is what we are after.

God bless Nigeria.