BY USMAN MOHAMMED, DECEMBER 22, 2021, 3:35 PM
About 235 senior military personnel have been promoted to the rank of major-generals, air force marshals and navy admirals respectively.
The promotions were announced on Tuesday after the joint sitting of the military councils of army, navy and air force held at the Ship House, Ministry of Defense in Abuja.
The meeting was presided over by Bashir Magashi, Nigerian minister of defense, many newspapers have reported.
In the army, 36 brigadier-general were promoted to the rank of major-generals with 76 colonels to brigadier-generals.
In the air force, 21 were promoted from commodores to rear admirals and 36 from captains to commodores.
Thirty were promoted from air vice marshals to air commodores and 36 group captains to air commodores.
See below the names of the newly promoted officers: Major generals: 1. CU Onwunle, 2. M Dan madam, 3. OJ Akpor, 4. HT Wesley 5. UT Musa 6. AA Eyitayo 7. V Ebhaleme 8. LT Omoniyi 9. MNB Mamman 10. NU Muktar 11. A Adamu 12. DI Salihu 13. SA Akesobe 14. KA Isoni 15. HT Dada 16. AS Chinade 17. AA Ariyibi 18. W Shaibu 19. AA Adeyinka 20. BA Alabi 21. OT Olatoye 22. JH Abdussalam 23. ST Shafaru 24. PP Malla 25. BY Baffa 26. TE Gagariga 27. GM Mutkut 28. MT Durowaiye 29. JD Omali 30. J Mohammed 31. ZL Abubakar 32. ES Buba 33. JAL Jimoh 34. BE Onyeuko 35. JG Mohammed and EC Ekwesi
Brigadier generals:
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