Waidi Shaibu, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), has approved the appointment of General Officers Commanding (GOCs) for the newly established Nigerian Army divisions.
Last Thursday, President Bola Tinubu approved the expansion
of the Nigerian Army from eight to 12 divisions and recruitment of 28,000
personnel.
The presidency said the approval is a “landmark move to
enhance the country’s security architecture and improve the operational
effectiveness of the Nigerian Army”.
Under the new structure, the army will operate 12 divisions:
1 division headquarters, Kaduna (Kaduna, Kano, Katsina and Jigawa states), 2
division headquarters, Ibadan (Oyo, Osun, Ekiti and Ondo states), 3 Division
Headquarters, Jos (Plateau, Bauchi and Gombe states), and 5 division
headquarters, Makurdi (Benue, Nasarawa and Kogi states).
Others are 6 division headquarters, Port Harcourt (Rivers,
Akwa Ibom and Cross River states), 7 division headquarters, Maiduguri (Borno
and Yobe states), 8 division headquarters, Sokoto (Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara
states), and 9 division headquarters, Ilorin (Kwara and Niger states).
It also comprises 10 division headquarters, Jalingo (Taraba
and Adamawa states), 81 division headquarters, Lagos (Lagos and Ogun states),
82 division headquarters, Enugu (Enugu, Anambra, Abia, Ebonyi and Imo states),
and 83 division headquarters, Benin City (Edo, Delta and Bayelsa states.
THE APPOINTMENTS
Appolonia Anele, acting director, Army Public Relations, announced the appointments of the four newly established Nigerian Army divisions in a statement on Wednesday.
The army spokesperson said newly established divisions will
immediately commence operations in their respective locations on attainment of
initial operational capability (IOC).
She added that measures are being implemented for the new
divisions to “progressively attain full operational capability (FOC)”.
The appointments are as follow:
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