President Bola Tinubu sacked the Chief of Defence Staff, all service chiefs, the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba Alkali, and the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Col. Hameed Ali.
Senator George Akume, Secretary to the Government of the Federation SGF, made the statement Monday in Abuja.
“President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, has approved the immediate retirement from service of all Service Chiefs and the Inspector-General of Police, Advisers, and Comptroller-General of Customs, as well as their replacements,” the SGF stated.
As a result, Tinubu appointed Mallam Nuhu Ribadu as National Security Adviser, Maj. Gen. C.G Musa as Chief of Defence Staff, Maj. Gen. T. A Lagbaja as Chief of Army Staff, Rear Admirral E. A Ogalla as Chief of Naval Staff, AVM H.B Abubakar as Chief of Air Staff, DIG Kayode Egbetokun as Acting Inspector-General of Police, and Maj. Gen.
Col. Adebisi Onasanya, Commander, Brigade of Guards; 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.
Similarly, the President has approved the appointments of the following Military Officers in the Presidential Villa: 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 Ade
The president also approved the appointment of two new Special Advisers and two Senior Assistants, according to Akume.
Hadiza Bala Usman has been appointed as Special Adviser, Policy Coordination; Hannatu Musa Musawa has been appointed as Special Adviser, Culture and Entertainment Economy; Sen. Abdullahi Abubakar Gumel has been appointed as Senior Special Assistant, National Assembly Matters (Senate); and Hon. (Barr) Olarewaju Kunle Ibrahim has been appointed as Senior Special Assistant, National Assembly Matters (House of Representatives).
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