FULL LIST: Recently Appointed Service Chiefs and Additional Personnel

President Bola Tinubu has authorized the immediate retirement of various officials, including the Service Chiefs, Inspector-General of Police, Advisers, and the Comptroller-General of Customs Service. In their place, Tinubu has appointed new service chiefs. This information was conveyed through a statement issued by Willie Bassey, the Director of Information at the Office of the Secretary-General to the Federation.

The newly appointed service chiefs and other appointees are as follows:

1. Mallam Nuhu Ribadu – National Security Adviser
2. Maj. Gen. C.G Musa – Chief of Defence Staff
3. Maj. T. A Lagbaja – Chief of Army Staff
4. Rear Admiral E. A Ogalla – Chief of Naval Staff
5. AVM H.B Abubakar – Chief of Air Staff
6. DIG Kayode Egbetokun – Acting Inspector-General of Police
7. Maj. Gen. EPA Undiandeye – Chief of Defense Intelligence

President Tinubu has also approved the following appointments:

1. Col. Adebisi Onasanya – Brigade of Guards Commander
2. Lt. Col. Moshood Abiodun – Yusuf 7 Guards Battalion, Asokoro, Abuja
3. Lt. Col. Auwalu Baba Inuwa – 177, Guards Battalion, Keffi, Nasarawa State
4. Lt. Col. Mohammed J. Abdulkarim – 102 Guards Battalion, Suleja, Niger
5. Lt. Col. Olumide A. Akingbesote – 176 Guards Battalion, Gwagwalada, Abuja

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Additionally, Tinubu has approved the appointments of several military officers within the Presidential Villa:

1. Maj. Isa Farouk Audu – Commanding Officer, State House Artillery
2. Capt. Kazeem Olalekan Sunmonu – Second-in-Command, State House Artillery
3. Maj. Kamaru Koyejo Hamzat – Commanding Officer, State House Military Intelligence
4. Maj. TS Adeola – Commanding Officer, State House Armament
5. Lt. A. Aminu – Second-in-Command, State House Armament

Furthermore, two Special Advisers and two Senior Assistants have been appointed:

1. Hadiza Bala Usman – Special Adviser, Policy Coordination
2. Hannatu Musa Musawa – Special Adviser, Culture and Entertainment Economy
3. Sen. Abdullahi Abubakar Gumel – Senior Special Assistant, National Assembly Matters (Senate)
4. Hon. (Barr) Olarewaju Kunle Ibrahim – Senior Special Assistant, National Assembly Matters (House of Representatives)

Finally, Adeniyi Bashir Adewale has been appointed as the Acting Comptroller General of Customs under Tinubu’s approval.