Nigerian Airforce
The Chief of the Air Staff Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, has approved the posting and redeployment of some senior officers including Branch Chiefs, Air Officers Commanding, Directors and Commanders.
This is coming as part of efforts to enhance operational flexibility, inject fresh perspectives and optimise leadership capabilities.
This is contained in a statement issued to newsmen and signed by the Deputy Director of Public Relations and Information, Group Captain Kabiru Ali.
Some of the redeployed officers include;
- Air Vice Marshal (AVM) Olasunkanmi Abidoye – Chief of Standards and Evaluation
- AVM Adeniyi Amesinlola – Chief of Transformation and Innovation at NAF Headquarters.
- AVM Abubakar Adamu – Group Managing Director of NAFIL Group.
- 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.
- AVM Lanre Oluwatoyin – Chief of Defence Space Administration at the Defence Headquarters.
- AVM Ibikunle Daramola – Chief of Civil-Military Relations
- AVM Abiola Amodu – the Chief of Aircraft Engineering.
- AVM Patrick Phillips – Chief of Logistics.
The redeployment also affected;
- AVM Elijah Ebiowe – Air Officer Commanding (AOC) Tactical Air Command in Makurdi.
- AVM Sunday Aneke – AOC Mobility Command in Yenagoa.
Other newly appointed Air Officers Commanding are;
- AVM Abubakar Abdullahi – Air Training Command in Kaduna.
- AVM Adeniran Ademuwagun – AOC Logistics Command in Ikeja.
The Chief of the Air Staff, while congratulating the new appointees enumerated the essence of the redeployment, which majorly allows for strategic flexibility and resource optimization for enhanced operational effectiveness of the NAF.
Air Marshal Abubakar also harped on the importance of leveraging deep and critical thinking in proffering strategies for addressing current security challenges.