The redeployment of 98 senior officers in the service has been approved by the recently appointed Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal Hassan Abubakar.
Branch Chiefs, Air Officers Commanding, Commandants of Tri-Service Establishments, and NAF institutions are prominent among the new appointees.
On Monday, July 3, 2023, the newly appointed senior officers are anticipated to start working.
52 AVMs and 46 Air Commodores make up the newly reappointed senior officers, according to a statement from the service’s spokesperson, Air Commodore Ayodele Famuyiwa. Among them is the former Commandant of the Air Force War College, AVM Abraham Adole, who is now the Chief of Defence Policy and Plans at the Defence Headquarters. AVM Nkem Aguiyi also joins the DHQ as the Chief of Defence Transformation and Innovation,
AVM Sayo Olatunde, a former Air Officer Commanding Ground Training Command, is now the Chief of Policy and Plans at the Headquarters of the Nigerian Air Force. AVM Ibikunle Daramola is still the Chief of Communications and Information Systems, AVM Pius Oahimire was named the Chief of Aircraft Engineering at the HQ NAF, and AVM Uchechi Nwagwu is now the Chief of Accounts and Budget.
Others include former AOC Special Operations Command Bauchi, AVM Abubakar Abdulkadir, who is now the Chief of Training and Operations; AVM Dominic Danat as the Chief of Logistics; AVM Ahmed Bakari as Air Secretary; AVM Michael Onyebashi as Chief of Standards and Evaluation HQ NAF; AVM Idi Sani as Chief of Administration; AVM Anthony Ekpe retains his appointment as the Chief of Medical Services; while Air Cdre Friday Ogohi is now the Chief of Air Intelligence, HQ NAF.
AVM Hassan Alhaji is in charge of the Armed Forces Command and Staff College in Jaji; AVM Sani Rabe is in charge of the Air Force Institute of Technology in Kaduna; AVM Adebayo Kehinde is in charge of the Air Force War College in Makurdi; and AVM Esen Efanga is Commandant Air Warfare Centre in Abuja. These are some of the newly appointed commandants.
Also affected by the latest redeployments are AVM Francis Edosa appointed the AOC Tactical Air Command, Makurdi; AVM Tajudeen Yusuf as AOC Mobility Command, Yenagoa; AVM Eneobong Effiom as AOC SOC, Bauchi; AVM Nnamdi Ananaba as AOC Air Training Command, Kaduna; AVM Usman Abdullahi as AOC GTC, Enugu; and AVM Abubakar Abdullahi as AOC Logistics Command.
In a similar vein, AVM Sunday Aneke is now the Deputy Commandant of the Nigerian Defence Academy in Kaduna, AVM Titus Dauda is the College Secretary of the National Defence College in Abuja, and Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet has been reappointed as the Director of Public Relations and Information.
