President Bola Tinubu has approved the immediate retirement of all Service Chiefs, including the Inspector-General of Police from Service.
Also affected are the Advisers, and the Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Customs Service. Their replacements have been announced.
In a statement by the Director of Information, Office of the Secretary-General to the Federation, Willie Bassey, it informed that Nuhu Ribadu who only last week was appointed as the Security Adviser to the President has now been appointed as the National Security Adviser.
Also, former Theatre Commander, Operation Hadin Kai, Major General Christopher Musa, would replace General Lucky Irabor as the Chief of Defence Staff.
Similarly, Major General T. A Lagbaja would replace Lieutenant General Farouk Yahaya as the Chief of Army Staff, while Rear Admiral E. A Ogalla has been appointed to take over from Vice Admiral Awwal Gambo as the Chief of Naval Staff and Air Marshal Oludayo Amao would be replaced by
Air Vice Marshal H.B Abubakar as the Chief of Air Staff.
Others appointed are: DIG Kayode Egbetokun as the Acting Inspector-General of Police and Major General EPA Undiandeye as the Chief of Defence Intelligence.
The President also approved the appointment of Colonel Adebisi Onasanya as the Brigade of Guards Commander; Lieutenant Colonel Moshood Abiodun Yusuf, the 7 Guards Battalion, Asokoro, Abuja; Lieutenant Colonel Auwalu Baba Inuwa, 177, Guards Battalion, Keffi, Nasarawa State; Lieutenant Colonel Mohammed J. Abdulkarim 102 Guards Battalion, Suleja, Niger and Lieutenant Colonel Olumide A. Akingbesote 176 Guards.
Similarly, President Tinubu approved the appointments of other military officers in the Presidential Villa.
They are: Major Isa Farouk Audu (N/14695) Commanding Officer State House Artillery; Captain. Kazeem Olalekan Sunmonu (N/16183) Second-in-Command, State House Artillery; Major Kamaru Koyejo Hamzat (N/14656) Commanding Officer, State House Military Intelligence; Major TS Adeola (N/12860) Commanding Officer, State House Armament, and Lieutenant A. Aminu (N/18578) Second-in- Command, State House Armament.
In the same vein, Adeniyi Adewale has been appointed as the Acting Comptroller General of Customs.
The President has also approved the appointments of two additional Special Advisers, and two Senior Assistants, namely: Hadiza Bala Usman Special Adviser, Policy Coordination; Hannatu Musa Musawa Special Adviser, Culture and Entertainment Economy; Senator Abdullahi Abubakar Gumel, Senior Special Assistant, National Assembly Matters (Senate) and Honourable (Barr) Olarewaju Kunle Ibrahim, Senior Special Assistant, National Assembly Matters (House of Representatives)”.
However, Bassey stressed that the 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.