President Bola Ahmed Tinubu moved further to stabilise his administration on Monday with the replacement of service chiefs and the appointment of some loyalists into key positions.
Nuhu Ribadu, the new National Security Adviser was last week announced as the Special Adviser, National Adviser. Ribadu who has been with Tinubu since the days of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) one of the political groups that fused into the All Progressive Congress (APC), together with, DIG Kayode Egbetokun the new Acting Inspector-General of Police have now reaped their years of loyalty to President Tinubu.
Ribadu ran unsuccessfully for the office of the President of Nigeria in 2011 as the presidential candidate of the Action Congress, a party of which Tinubu is one of the chief promoters while DIG Egbetokun was the Aide-de-camp to President Tinubu when he was the governor of Lagos state between 1999 and 2007.
Others involved in the sweeping removal are all Advisers and the Comptroller-General of Customs.
Willie Bassey,
Director of Information, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, in a statement, also announced the replacement for the sacked officers who are to assume office immediately.
The newly appointed officers are:
1 Nuhu Ribadu – National Security Adviser
2 Maj. Gen. C.G. Musa – Chief of Defence Staff
3 Maj. T. A Lagbaja Chief of Army Staff
4 Rear Admiral A Ogalla – Chief of Naval Staff
5 AVM H.B Abubakar – Chief of Air Staff
6 DIG Kayode Egbetokun – Acting Inspector-General of Police
7 Maj. Gen. EPA Undiandeye – Chief of Defence Intelligence
The President further approved the appointment of Adeniyi Bashir Adewale as the Ag. Comptroller General of Customs.
The statement noted that the newly 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.
The Service Chiefs are confirmed by the Senate, while the Inspector General of Police is confirmed by the Nigeria Police Council.
President Tinubu also approved the following appointments:
1 Col. Adebisi Onasanya – Brigade of Guards Commander
2 Lt. Col. Moshood Abiodun – Yusuf 7 Guards Battalion, Asokoro, Abuja
3 Lt. Col. Auwalu Baba Inuwa – 177, Guards Battalion, Keffi, Nasarawa State
4 Lt. Col. Mohammed J. Abdulkarim -102 Guards Battalion, Suleja, Niger
5 Lt. Col. Olumide A. Akingbesote – 176 Guards Battalion, Gwagwalada, Abuja
Similarly, the President approved the appointments of other Military Officers in the Presidential Villa as follows:
1 Maj. Isa Farouk Audu
(N/14695) – Commanding Officer State House Artillery
2 Capt. Kazeem Olalekan Sunmonu (N/16183) – Second-in-Command, State House Artillery
3 Maj. Kamaru Koyejo Hamzat (N/14656) – Commanding Officer, State House Military Intelligence
4 Maj. TS Adeola (N/12860) Commanding Officer, State House Armament
5 Lt. A. Aminu (N/18578) – Second-in- Command, State House Armament
The statement further announced that the President approved the appointments of two additional Special Advisers, and two Senior Assistants, namely:
1 Hadiza Bala Usman – Special Adviser, Policy Coordination
2 Hannatu Musa Musawa – Special Adviser, Culture and Entertainment Economy
3 Sen. Abdullahi Abubakar Gumel – Senior Special Assistant, National Assembly Matters (Senate)
4 Hon. (Barr) Olarewaju Kunle Ibrahim – Senior Special Assistant, National Assembly Matters (House of Representatives)
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