President Muhammadu Buhari has accepted the immediate resignation of Service Chiefs and appointed new officers as replacements.
This was announced on Tuesday by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina who noted that the service chiefs have also retired from service.
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The outgoing service chiefs are Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar (Chief of Air Staff); Vice Admiral Ibok Ibas (Chief of Naval Staff); Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai (Chief of Army Staff); and General Abayomi Gabriel Olonisakin (Chief of Defence Staff).
Meanwhile, the incoming service chiefs are; Maj Gen Lucky E. O. Irabor as Chief of Defence Staff; Maj Gen I Attahiru as Chief of Army Staff; Rear Adm AZ Gambo as Chief of Navy Staff and AVM IO Alao as Chief of Air Force Staff.
Check out the profile of the new service chiefs below;
Major-Gen. Lucky E. O. Irabor, Chief of Defence Staff
Major General Lucky E. O. Irabor, with Army number 8370, was born on October 5, 1965. He is from Ika South of Delta State and he is a member of regular course 34 of the Nigerian Defence Academy.
He was once the Theatre Commander of the Operation Lafiya Dole and later took over as the Commander, Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) before he was on Tuesday named the Chief of Defence Staff.
Major-Gen. I. Attahiru, Chief of Army Staff
Major General Ibrahim Attahiru, with Army Number 8406, was born on August 10, 1966. He is from Kaduna North Local Government Area of Kaduna State and a member of the Regular Course 35 of the Nigerian Defence Academy.
Before his appointment as the Chief of Army Staff, he was the General Officer Commanding 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, Enugu. He was also a former Theatre Commander of the Operation Lafiya Dole. He took over from Major General Lucky E. O Irabor.
Rear Admiral A.Z Gambo, Chief of Naval Staff
Rear Admiral Awwal Zubairu Gambo was born on 22 April, 1966 and hails from Nasarawa LGA in Kano State. He enlisted into the Nigerian Navy on 24 September 1984 as a member of Regular Course 36 and was commissioned Sub-Lieutenant on 24 September 1988.
He is an Underwater Warfare specialist with a subspecialisation in Intelligence. The senior officer has attended several military courses which include, Sub-Technical course and Officers Long course both at NNS QUORRA. He also attended Junior Division 48/89 and Senior Course 26 both at AFCSC Jaji.
Other courses attended include the National Defence Course at the South African National Defence College. Until his recent appointment as Chief of Naval Staff, he was the Director of Procurement at Defence Space Administration.
Air-Vice Marshal I.O Amao, Chief of Air Staff
Air Vice Marshal Isiaka Oladayo Amao, was the Air Officer Commanding Tactical Air Command. He was born on 14 September 1965 in Enugu stare but he hails from Oshogbo Local Government Area of Osun State.
Air Vice Marshal Amao enlisted into the Nigerian Air Force on 19 January 1984 as a member of 35 Regular Course of Nigerian Defence Academy and was commissioned as Pilot Officer on 20 December 86. He started his Primary Flying Training at 301 Flying Training School (FTS) Kaduna from 1987–1989, did the Basic Flying Training at 303 FTS Kano from 1990 – 92 and Tactical Fighter Training at 99 Air Combat Training Group (99 ACTG) Kainji from 1993 – 99.
Thereafter, he went for Instructor Pilot Course at 301 FTS Kaduna from 2004 – 2005.
The senior officer has attended several military courses which include: Junior Division Course at Armed Forces Command Staff College (AFCSC) Jaji from June to December 1986, Senior Division Course at Defence Services Staff College in India from 2002–2003, Defence Course at National Defence University in China from 2012 to 2013, Aircraft Accident Investigation in Civil Airline at NCAT Zaria and Aircraft Accident Investigation Course at Karachi, Pakistan.
Until his appointment as the Chief of Air Staff by the President, Muhammadu Buhari, AVM I. O Amao was the Commandant Armed Forces Resettlement Centre in Lagos.
