Thirty-one senior officer of the Nigerian Navy have been affected in a major shake-up of the top echelon of the nation’s naval force.
It affected 24 Rear Admirals and seven Commodores. Those affected in the redeployment include Principal Staff Officers, Flag Officers Commanding (FOCs) and Chief Staff Officers (CSOs) and other Commanders of major Operational Commands.
Sources confirmed to Global Upfront Newspapers (GUN) that among those affected include Director of Naval Information (DINFO), Rear Admiral Adedotun Olukayode Ayo-Vaughan, who moves to Headquarters Naval Training Command (HQ NAVTRAC) as Chief Staff Officer (CSO). Replacing Admiral Ayo-Vaughan as DINFO is Commodore A. Adams-Aliu.
The shake-up also affected Rear Admirals OA BANKOLE who moves from Naval Headquarters (HQ) to Defence Headquarters (DHQ) as D DEF COOP; DO- IA DEWU who moves from DHQ to NHQ (NASS) – CNASS; LC IZU who moves from NHQ to NO as ASNOD; MN MADUGU who moves from NOD to NHQ as Director of Administration (DOA); ZS MUHAMMAD who moves up from within NHQ (CIT) as CCIT; I ABBAS moves NHQ to DHQ as CDCIMIC; SA AKINWANDE moves from NHQ to HQ ENC (Eastern Naval Command) as FOC (Flag Officers Commanding) and IM ALBARA, who moves from NHQ to HQ NAVTRAC (Headquarters Naval Training Command as FOC.
Others include Rear Admirals OK OLUWAGBIRE, from HQ ENC to NHQ as COL (Chief of Logistics); EO FERREIRA, from HQ OPDS (Operation Delta Sanity) to NHQ as CTOPS (Chief of Training and Operations); B IYALLA, from HQ LOC (Logistics Command) to NHQ (TRANS) as DNTRANS; R ADM PC NWATU, from HQ NAVTRAC to NHQ as NAVSEC (Navy Secretary); R ADM AM HARUNA, from HQ ENC to NHQ as D POL (Director of Policy); JN MAMMAN HQ WNC – NHQ (TOPS) – DOT; JU OKEKE – HQ CNC to HQ OPDS as COMD (Commander), C ONYEMAOBI, from NHQ to HQ LOC as FOC, PK ZAKARIA, from HQ LOC to NHQ (NASS) as D AUDIT; PS ANABRABA, from NWCN to NHQ as DOPS (Director of Operations) and SD ATAKPA, from HQ NAVTRAC to NHQ as D MAN (Director of Manning.
Other Rear Admirals affected by the redeployments include A BABA, from NHQ – HQ WNC (Western Naval Command) as CSO (Chief Staff Officer); AA MUSTAPHA, from NHQ to HQ LOC as CSO; OO SOYEMI from NHQ – HQ CNC (Central Naval Command) as CSO and EA ZIPELE NN/1907 NHQ – HQ ENC – CSO.
Others still include Commodores MY ABBA, NHQ to NNS DELTA as COMD, M FAKROGHA to NNS JUBILEE as COMD, M IDE as Deputy Commandant of Navy War College of Nigeria (NWCN), KO OGUNTUGA as PSO CNS, RT OLADEJO as Commander NNS BEECROFT and CU YAHAYA, who is redeployed to DPR
Sources said that the handing and taking over dates peculiar to each appointment would take place between February 12 to 16, 2024.