The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has redeployed senior officers in a shakeup to enhance operational flexibility, inject fresh perspectives, and optimize leadership capabilitie.
A statement by the Deputy Spokesman Nigerian Air Force Group Captain Kabiru Ali, said the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, approved the posting and redeployment of some senior officers, including Branch Chiefs, Air Officers Commanding, Directors and Commanders to enhance operational effectiveness.
He listed some of those affected to include Air Vice Marshal (AVM) Olasunkanmi Abidoye, who has been redeployed from the Defence Headquarters to NAF Headquarters as the Chief of Standards and Evaluation, AVM Adeniyi Amesinlola, formerly the Commandant at the Armed Forces Resettlement Centre, is to serve as the Chief of Transformation and Innovation at NAF Headquarters and AVM Abubakar Adamu as Group Managing Director of NAFIL Group.
Others affected include AVM Iboro Etukudo, who is appointed as the Chief of Policy and Plans; AVM Francis Edosa, now the Chief of Training and Operations; AVM Dalhat Ladan as the Chief of Air Intelligence; AVM Suleiman Usman, now the Chief of Communication and Information Systems while AVM Sayo Olatunde and AVM Lanre Oluwatoyin to serve as Chief of Defence Policy and Plans and Chief of Defence Space Administration respectively, at the Defence Headquarters.
Also affected are AVM Ibikunle Daramola, formerly the Chief of Communication and Information Systems, who was reassigned as the Chief of Civil-Military Relations; AVM Abiola Amodu, who served as the Director General of the Air Force Research and Development Institute, who is now the Chief of Aircraft Engineering; and AVM Patrick Phillips, who is now the Chief of Logistics.
AVM Elijah Ebiowe, who was appointed as the Air Officer Commanding (AOC) Tactical Air Command in Makurdi, and AVM Sunday Aneke, who will take over as the new AOC Mobility Command in Yenagoa, are also affected.
Other newly appointed AOCs include AVM Abubakar Abdullahi, who now oversees the Air Training Command in Kaduna, and AVM Adeniran Ademuwagun, appointed as the AOC Logistics Command in Ikeja.
While congratulating the new appointees, the CAS reiterated the redeployment’s essence, which majorly allows for strategic flexibility and resource optimization for the enhanced operational effectiveness of the NAF.
Air Marshal Abubakar also stressed the importance of using deep and critical thinking to propose strategies for addressing current security challenges.