Breaking:Tinubu Sacks All Service Chiefs, IGP, Controller General Of Customs; Appoints Ribadu As NSA, DIG Egbetokun As IGP
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FEDERATIONPRESS & PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENT
June 19, 2023
PRESS RELEASE
PRESIDENT TINUBU RETIRES ALL SERVICE CHIEFS, ADVISERS, COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF CUSTOMS, APPOINTS NEW ONES.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, has approved the immediate retirement of all Service Chiefs and the Inspector-General of Police, Advisers, Comptroller-General of Customs from Service as well as their replacements with immediate effect.
The newly appointed Officers are:S/N NAME APPOINTMENTS
1 Mallam Nuhu Ribadu National Security Adviser
2 Maj. Gen. C.G Musa Chief of Defence Staff.
3 Maj. T. A Lagbaja Chief of Army Staff.
4 Rear Admirral E. A Ogalla Chief of Naval Staff.
5 AVM H.B Abubakar Chief of Air Staff.
6 DIG Kayode Egbetokun Acting Inspector-General of Police
7 Maj. Gen. EPA Undiandeye Chief of Defense Intelligence.
Mr President has also approved the following appointments:S/N NAME APPOINTMENTS:
1 Col. Adebisi Onasanya Brigade of Guards Commander
2 Lt. Col. Moshood Abiodun Yusuf 7 Guards Battalion, Asokoro, Abuja
3 Lt. Col. Auwalu Baba Inuwa 177, Guards Battalion, Keffi, Nasarawa State
4 Lt. Col. Mohammed J. Abdulkarim 102 Guards Battalion, Suleja, Niger
5 Lt. Col. Olumide A. Akingbesote 176 Guards Battalion, Gwagwalada, Abuja.
Similarly, the President has approved the appointments of other Military Officers in the Presidential Villa as follows:S/N NAME APPOINTMENTS.
1 Maj. Isa Farouk Audu(N/14695) Commanding Officer State House Artillery.
2 Capt. Kazeem Olalekan Sunmonu (N/16183) Second-in-Command, State House Artillery.
3 Maj. Kamaru Koyejo Hamzat (N/14656) Commanding Officer, State House Military Intelligence.
4 Maj. TS Adeola (N/12860) Commanding Officer, State House Armament
5 Lt. A. Aminu (N/18578) Second-in- Command, State House Armament
