President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the immediate retirement of all Service Chiefs and the Inspector-General of Police, Advisers, and Comptroller-General of Customs from Service as well as their replacements with immediate effect.
The newly appointed Officers are Mallam Nuhu Ribadu – National Security Adviser, Maj. Gen. C.G Musa – Chief of Defence Staff, Maj. Gen. Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja, former General Officer Commanding 1 Division, Kaduna is now Chief of Army Staff, Rear Admiral E. A. Ogalla – Chief of Naval Staff, AVM H.B Abubakar – Chief of Air Staff, DIG Kayode Egbetokun – Acting Inspector-General of Police, and Maj. Gen. EPA Undiandeye – Chief of Défense Intelligence.
The President has also approved of Col. Adebisi Onasanya as 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, and Lt. Col. Olumide A. Akingbesote – 176 Guards Battalion, Gwagwalada, Abuja
Tinubu also 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.
Also approved are the appointments of two additional Special Advisers, and two Senior Assistants, namely: Hadiza Bala Usman – 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 President also approved the appointment of Adeniyi Bashir Adewale as the Ag. Comptroller General of Customs.
Announcing these appointments, the Director of Information, who signed for the Government of the Federation noted that the appointed Service Chiefs, the Inspector-General of Police, and the Comptroller General of Customs are to act in their positions, pending their confirmation in accordance with the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.