NAF moves senior officers, announces new appointments
The Nigerian Air Forces (NAF) yesterday announced the appointment of new branch chiefs, Air Officers Commanding (AOCs) and redeployment of some senior officers.
The announcement was contained in a statement by a Deputy Director in the Department of Information and Public Relations, Group Captain Kabiru Ali.
The statement explained that the move was meant to enhance operational flexibility, inject fresh perspectives and optimise leadership capabilities.
Those affected by the new development are: Air Vice Marshal (AVM) Iboro Etukudo (Chief of Policy and Plans), AVM Francis Edosa (Chief of Training and Operations), AVM Dalhat Ladan (Chief of Air Intelligence), AVM Suleiman Usman (Chief of Communication and Information Systems), AVM Sayo Olatunde (Chief of Defence Policy and Plans), and AVM Lanre Oluwatoyin (Chief of Defence, Space Administration, Defence DHQ).
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Also affected are: AVM Ibikunle Daramola (Chief of Civil-Military Relations), AVM Abiola Amodu (Chief of Aircraft Engineering), AVM Patrick Phillips (Chief of Logistics), AVM Olasunkanmi Abidoye (Chief of Standards and Evaluation), AVM Adeniyi Amesinlola (Chief of Transformation and Innovation, NAF HQ), and AVM Abubakar Adamu (Group Managing Director, NAFIL Group).
The newly appointed AOCs, according to the statement, are: AVM Elijah Ebiowe (AOC, Tactical Air Command, Makurdi), AVM Sunday Aneke (AOC, Mobility Command, Yenagoa), AVM Abubakar Abdullahi (AOC, Air Training Command, Kaduna), and AVM Adeniran Ademuwagun (AOC, Logistics Command, Ikeja, Lagos).
The statement said the Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hassan Abubakar, congratulated the new appointees and “reiterated the essence of the redeployment, which majorly allows for strategic flexibility and resource optimisation for enhanced operational effectiveness of the Nigerian Air Force”.
The CAS stressed the need for leveraging deep and critical thinking in proffering strategies for addressing current security challenges, the statement added.
