61 Senior Officers Get New Postings

Sixty-one senior naval officers were on Wednesday, September 9, redeployed by the Nigerian Navy to various units and command in the country. The redeployment which was approved by the chief of naval staff, Ibok-EteIbas affected 28 rear admirals and 33 commodores. The director naval information, Kabir Aliyu, a commodore, said the redeployed senior officers are expected to resume in their new units in the third week of September 2015. READ ALSO: Navy Ignores President, Demands N1,000 Recruitment Fee From Applicants Among the officers redeployed are: Rear Admiral SU Chinweuba, formerly admiral superintendent naval dockyard Lagos, he will resume as chief of naval engineering, naval headquarters; Rear Admiral PA Agba, formerly the chief of logistics has been appointed chief of naval transformation while Rear Admiral JA Ajani has been moved from defence headquarters to naval doctrine and assessment centre as admiral superintendent; Rear Admiral SI Alade, formerly chief of naval transformation, moves to the national defence college as commandant and Rear Admiral AA Dacosta moves from defence headquarters to naval headquarters as chief of naval safety and standards. Others are: Rear Admiral KB Ati-John now the director of plans, naval headquarters; Rear Admiral BA Egbedina moves to defence headquarters as chief of administration from naval training command where he was flag officer commanding, while Rear Admiral MM Salami resumes as director of policy naval headquarters. Also, Rear Admiral OC Medani, formerly chief of training and operations is now director, project implementation, monitoring and evaluation directorate; Rear Admiral GA Anyankpele, formerly chief of administration is now chief of logistics naval headquarters; Rear Admiral HH Babalola, former flag officer commanding eastern naval command is now chief of training and operations at the naval headquarters, while Rear Admiral EG Ofik resumes as flag officer commanding, logistics command. Others affected by the redeployment are: Rear Admiral AL Akintola, who is now the admiral superintendent Naval Dockyard Ltd, Lagos; Rear Admiral JKZ Ango, formerly flag officer commanding western naval command resumes as chief of administration, naval headquarters; Rear Admiral JD Michika resumes at defence headquarters as director of logistics; Rear Admiral JO Okojie formerly admiral superintendent naval ordinance depot moves to defence headquarters as director of plans; Rear Admiral JO Oluwole resumes as Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Navy Holdings Limited and Rear Admiral AA Osinowo moves from the defence headquarters to naval training command as flag officer commanding. Additionally, Rear Admiral RO Osondu, formerly admiral superintendent naval doctrine and assessment centre is now the flag officer commanding, western naval command; Rear Admiral AO Odeh, formerly Managing Director, Naval Engineering Services Limited, resumes at the Naval Shipyard Limited as admiral superintendent; Rear Admiral UE Essien resumes at the naval headquarters as director of operations from the defence headquarters; Rear Admiral SO Paul resumes as admiral superintendent naval ordinance depot. Rear Admiral AO Suleiman, formerly chief staff officer at naval training command is now the flag officer commanding, central naval command, Yenagoa and Rear Admiral AS Abdulkadir is now the flag officer commanding, eastern naval command. Mr. Aliyu also added that Rear Admiral BEE Ibe- Enwo is appointed the deputy commandant, AFCSC Jaji; Rear Admiral SAG Abbah, director of logistics, Defence Intelligence Agency; Rear Admiral T Dick, director of training, defence headquarters and Rear Admiral DO Ajatoye, commandant, Nigerian Navy Engineering College, Sapele. READ ALSO: Navy Discovers 19 Illegal Oil Refineries In Delta Meanwhile, the Nigerian Navy recently announced that it had begun mopping up newly discovered illegal refineries in Rivers state.