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Breaking: New Service Chiefs, IGP, Comptroller-General of Customs, others appointed

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Others are AVM H.B Abubakar as Chief of Air Staff, DIG Kayode Egbetokun as Acting Inspector-General of Police and Maj. Gen. EPA Undiandeye as Chief of Defence Intelligence, Ag. Comptroller General of Customs is Mr Adeniyi Bashir Adewale”

All the Service Chiefs and the Inspector-General of Police, Advisers, and the Comptroller-General of Customs have been summarily sacked.

New Service Chiefs and Inspector-General of Police have been appointed as replacements with immediate effect.

A statement from the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation and given to Persecondnews on Monday evening said President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointments of Mallam Nuhu Ribadu as the National Security Adviser, Maj. Gen. C.G Musa as Chief of Defence Staff, Maj.Gen. T. A Lagbaja as Chief of Army Staff and Rear Admirral E. A Ogalla as Chief of Naval Staff.

Others are AVM H.B Abubakar as Chief of Air Staff, DIG Kayode Egbetokun as Acting Inspector-General of Police and Maj. Gen. EPA Undiandeye as Chief of Defence Intelligence.

The new Ag. Comptroller General of Customs is Mr Adeniyi Bashir Adewale.

Also approved by the President are Col. Adebisi Onasanya, the Brigade of Guards Commander, Lt. Col. Moshood Abiodun Yusuf ,7 Guards Battalion, Asokoro, Abuja, Lt. Col. Auwalu Baba Inuwa,177, Guards Battalion, Keffi, Nasarawa State, Lt. Col. Mohammed J. Abdulkarim,102 Guards Battalion, Suleja, Niger State and Lt. Col. Olumide A. Akingbesote now in charge of 176 Guards Battalion, Gwagwalada, Abuja.

Similarly, Tinubu has approved the appointments of other military officers in the Presidential Villa as follows: Maj. Isa Farouk Audu (N/14695), Commanding Officer State House Artillery, Capt. Kazeem Olalekan Sunmonu (N/16183), Second-in-Command, State House Artillery,
Maj. Kamaru Koyejo Hamzat (N/14656), Commanding Officer, State House Military Intelligence, Maj. TS Adeola (N/12860) Commanding Officer, State House Armament and Lt. A. Aminu (N/18578) Second-in- Command, State House Armament.

Two additional Special Advisers, and two Senior Assistants were also announced.

They are Hadiza Bala Usman, former Managing Director of NPA, (Special Adviser, Policy Coordination), Hannatu Musa Musawa (Special Adviser, Culture and Entertainment Economy), Sen. Abdullahi Abubakar Gumel (Senior Special Assistant , National Assembly Matters (Senate), and Hon. (Barr) Olarewaju Kunle Ibrahim (Senior Special Assistant, National Assembly Matters (House of Representatives).

The statement signed by Willie Bassey, the Director, Information, in the SGF’s office said the Service Chiefs, the Inspector-General of Police and the Comptroller General of Customs are to act in their positions pending their confirmation by the National Assembly in accordance with the 1999 Constitution.

 

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