The Chief of Army
Staff, Faruk Yahaya, has appointed new
Principal Staff Officers (PSOs), field
commanders and other key staff into
various army formations.

Army spokesperson, Onyema
Nwachukwu, made this known in a
statement on Saturday in Abuja.

The new appointments come few weeks
after the redeployment of some senior
officers in a major shake up.

Notable amongst the new appointees
are B.O. Sawyer, a major general, as the
new Director Defence Information
while I.M. Yusuf, a major general,
becomes the Commandant Nigerian
Defence Academy (NDA ).

Others are T.A. Gagariga, a major
general, who will move to the Nigerian
Army Artillery Corps as Corps
Commander Artillery while V.O.
Ezugwu, a major general, becomes
Commander of the Infantry Corps.

Read full statement by the Army below:
NIGERIAN ARMY APPOINTS PRINCIPAL
STAFF OFFICERS, FIELD COMMANDERS,
OTHERS
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Major
General Faruk Yahaya has approved the
appointment of Principal Staff Officers
(PSOs), Field Commanders and other
key staff that will provide the much
needed vigour in his command of the
Nigerian Army (NA). This was disclosed
through the NA Posting released by the
Department of Military Secretary on
Friday 2 July 2021.

The COAS approved the appointment of
the Commandant Nigerian Army
Armoured School, Maj Gen BO Sawyer
as the new Director Defence
Information while the Chief of
Operations Army, Maj Gen IM Yusuf
becomes the Commandant Nigerian
Defence Academy. Maj Gen TA Gagariga
will move from Army Headquarters
Department of Policy and Plans to
Nigerian Army Artillery Corps as Corps
Commander Artillery and Maj Gen VO
Ezugwu of Training and Doctrine
Command becomes the Commander
Infantry Corps. Maj Gen MA Yekini is
the new Chief of Defence Training and
Operations, Maj Gen MS Yusuf will take
over as Chief of Defence Standard and
Evaluation, while the Chief of Civil –
Military Affairs, Maj Gen AB Omozoje
will take over as the Chief of Policy and
Plans at the Army Headquarters.

Equally, Maj Gen SO Olabanji becomes
the Commander Training and Doctrine
Command, Maj Gen OA Akintade is the
new Chief of Army Logistics, Maj Gen
OT Akinjobi takes over as Chief of
Operations (Army), Maj Gen JA Ataguba
becomes the Chief of Army Standard
and Evaluation while Maj Gens KI
Mukhtar and C Ofoche are the new
Chief of Administration and Chief of
Transformation and Innovation
respectively. Maj Gen AB Ibrahim is
appointed as Chief of Training (Army).

Among the new field commanders are
Maj Gen AK Ibrahim who takes over as
the Force Commander Multi National
Joint Task Force, N’Djamena and Maj
Gen IS Ali who becomes the General
Officer Commanding 3 Division will
double as the Commander Special Task
Force Operation Safe Haven.

The COAS equally approved the
appointment of Commanders,
Commandants of NA Institutions,
Directors and other key appointments
at both Defence and Army levels. The
appointments he said were aimed to
rejig for efficiency in command and
administration within the NA. These
appointments take effect immediately.

ONYEMA NWACHUKWU
Brigadier General
Director Army Public Relations
3 July 2021