The Nigerian Army has announced the retirement senior officers who have served the mandatory 35 years or who are due by virtue of their age on rank.
According to the Army, the retirement is in line with the terms and conditions of service of the Armed Forces, and the affected officers have been told to embark on the compulsory terminal leave.
Chief of Training and Operations (CTOP) at the Defence Headquarters (DHQ), Major General Lawrence Ngubane; Commander, Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC); Major General Babagana Mungono, Commander, Nigerian Army School of Artillery; and Major General Kwaskebe, former Co-ordinator, in-charge of AFISMA head the list of retirees.
Others are Major General Ugwu and former Commander, Defence Industries Corporation (DICON), Major General Maduegbunam.
The retirement sees Major General O. T. Etan, former Commander, Army Headquarters Garison (AHQG) appointed as General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the newly created 7 Division in Maiduguri, while Major General T. I. Dibi has been appointed Commander, Army Headquarters Garrison.
The new Chief of Training and Operations at the DHQ is Major General P. J. Isang, while Major General J.A.H. Ewansia, former Joint Task Force (JTF), Commander in Maiduguri is now the Chief of Standards and Evaluation (CASE) at the Army Headquarters, Abuja.
Also, Major General Arende is now in charge of DICON, while Major General Abdulkadir is now the commander TRADOC.
