The Nigerian Army Council has approved the promotion of
Adeboye Obasanjo, son of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, and its spokesman,
Sani Usman, in a far-reaching exercise that saw no fewer than 227 officers
elevated.The promotion came three years after the decoration of 102 officers by
the Goodluck Jonathan administration.
According to details of an internal memo exclusively obtained
by Premium Times, the promotion will take effect from as far back as March 2014
for some officers and as recent as December 2016 for many others.
The memo, dated December 9, 2016, said the officers were
considered for promotion by the Army Council in strict compliance with the
provisions of the Armed Forces Act.
In the latest rounds, 21 officers were promoted to the
position of Major-General.
Amongst them is Chukwunedum Abraham, the General Officer
Commanding of the Nigerian Army 2nd Division in Ibadan, whose elevation from
the position of a Brigadier-General took effect from January 24, 2016.Ninety-three were elevated to the rank of Brigadier-General,
of which 20 were direct regular commission while the rest were regular
combatants.
These include Sani Usman, the spokesman for the Army, whose
promotion from the rank of colonel took effect from September 5, 2016.
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