President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday approved the immediate retirement of all service chiefs and the Inspector-General of Police, advisers, and Comptroller-General of Customs from service.
The president also appointed their replacements with immediate effect.
Director of Information in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Willie Bassey disclosed this in a Monday statement.
According to the statement, the newly appointed Officers are: National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu; Chief of Defence Staff, Maj. Gen. C.G Musa; Chief of Army Staff, Maj. General T. A. Lagbaja; Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral Emmanuel Ikechukwu Ogalla and Chief of Air Staff, AVM H.B. Abubakar.
The president also appointed DIG Kayode Egbetokun as Acting Inspector-General of Police, while Maj. Gen. EPA Undiandeye becomes the new Chief of Defence Intelligence.
The President has also approved the following appointments: Col. Adebisi Onasanya, Brigade of Guards Commander; Lt. Col. Moshood Abiodun Yusuf, 7 Guards Battalion, Asokoro, Abuja; Lt. Col. Auwalu Baba Inuwa 177, Guards Battalion, Keffi, Nasarawa State; Lt. Col. Mohammed J. Abdulkarim, 102 Guards Battalion, Suleja, Niger; and Lt. Col. Olumide A. Akingbesote, 176 Guards Battalion, Gwagwalada, Abuja.
Similarly, the president has approved the appointments of other Military Officers in the Presidential Villa as follows: Maj. Isa Farouk Audu (N/14695), Commanding Officer State House Artillery; Capt. Kazeem Olalekan Sunmonu (N/16183), Second-in-Command, State House Artillery; Maj. Kamaru Koyejo Hamzat (N/14656), Commanding Officer, State House Military Intelligence; Maj. TS Adeola (N/12860), Commanding Officer, State House Armament; Lt. A. Aminu (N/18578), Second-in- Command, State House Armament.
In addition, the president approved the appointments of two more Special Advisers and two Senior Assistants, namely: Hadiza Bala Usman, Special Adviser, Policy Coordination; Hannatu Musa Musawa, Special Adviser, Culture and Entertainment Economy; Sen. Abdullahi Abubakar Gumel, Senior Special Assistant, National Assembly Matters (Senate); and Hon. (Barr) Olarewaju Kunle Ibrahim, Senior Special Assistant, National Assembly Matters (House of Representatives).
In the same vein, the President has approved the appointment of Adeniyi Bashir Adewale as the Acting Comptroller General of Customs, replacing Col. Hameed Ali (rtd).
“It is to be noted 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,” the statement read in part.