President Bola Tinubu has announced a major shake-up in the leadership of Nigeria’s Armed Forces as part of renewed efforts to strengthen the country’s security framework.
The statement signed by Sunday Dare, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Public Communication, noted that the President “expresses most profound appreciation to the outgoing Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa and the other Service Chiefs for their patriotic service and dedicated leadership.”
In the latest appointments approved by the President, General Olufemi Oluyede has been named the new Chief of Defence Staff, replacing General Christopher Musa. Major-General W. Shaibu takes over as Chief of Army Staff, while Air Vice Marshal S.K. Aneke assumes office as Chief of Air Staff. Rear Admiral I. Abbas has been appointed Chief of Naval Staff.
The Chief of Defence Intelligence, Major-General E.A.P. Undiendeye, will continue in his current role.
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President Tinubu also charged the newly appointed Service Chiefs “to justify the confidence reposed in them to further enhance the professionalism, vigilance and comradeship that define the Armed Forces of Nigeria.”
All the appointments, according to the statement, take immediate effect.