List of Nigerian Army officers and their Commands

By Max Siollun

NAME /                POST

Air Marshal Alex Badeh                 Chief of Defence Staff

Lt-General Kenneth Tobiah Jacob Minimah          Chief of Army Staff

Air Marshal Adesola Nunayon Amosu     Chief of Air Staff

Vice-Admiral Usman Jibrin           Chief of Naval Staff

Major-General Kenneth Osuji    General Officer Commanding, 1 Division, Kaduna

Major-General Emmanuel Abejirin          General Officer Commanding, 2 Divisions, Ibadan

Major-General John Zaruwa       General Officer Commanding, 3 Divisions, Jos

                General Officer Commanding, 7 Divisions, Maiduguri

Major-General Bata Debi             General Officer Commanding 81 Divisions, Lagos

Major-General Shehu Yusuf       General Officer Commanding, 82 Divisions, Enugu

Major-General Emmanuel Atewe            Commander of the Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta (Operation PULO SHIELD)

Rear-Admiral Thomas Lokoson Commandant, National Defence College – Abuja

Air vice Marshal John Chris Ifemeje         Commandant, Armed Forces Command and Staff College – Jaji

Major-General Mohammed Idris              Commandant of the Nigerian Defence Academy – Kaduna

Rear-Admiral S.H. Usman             Flag Officer Commanding, Logistics Command, Oghara (Delta State)

Rear-Admiral P.A. Agba                 Flag Officer Commanding, Central Naval Command, Yenagoa (Bayelsa State)

Rear-Admiral O.C. Medani           Flag Officer Commanding, Eastern Naval Command, Calabar

Rear-Admiral Samuel Alade         Flag Officer Commanding, Western Naval Command, Apapa (Lagos)

Air Vice Marshal Umar Omeiza   Air Officer Commanding, Tactical Air Command, Makurdi

Air Vice Marshal Samuel Abosede            Air Officer Commanding, Mobility Command, Yenagoa

Air Vice Marshal Salihu Bala-Ribah            Air Officer Commanding, Training Command, Kaduna

Air Vice Marshal Mike Iloenyosi                 Air Officer Commanding, Logistics Command, Lagos

Major-General J.A.H. Ewansiha                 Chief of Operations at Army Headquarters

Major-General Bonna Awala      Chief of Training and Operations, Defence Headquarters

Major-General Olufemi Adeosun             Chief of Logistics at Army Headquarters

Major-General Salihu Uba           Commandant, Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), Minna

Major-General Iliyasu Abbah      Military Secretary – Army

Major-General Ahmed Tijani Jibrin          Chief of Army Standards and Evaluation (CASE

Major-General Obi Abel Umahi                 Director of Administration, Defence Headquarters

Brigadier General Barry Ndiomu*             Commander – Army Headquarters Garrison, Abuja

Major-General John Nwaoga     Director of Policy at Army Headquarters

Brigadier-General Anthony Omozoje      Commander, Guards Brigade, Abuja

Major-General Sanusi Nasiru Muazu       Commandant, Nigerian Army Peacekeeping Centre, Jaji,

Major-General Patrick Akem      Provost Marshal

Major-General Jack Okechukwu Nwaogbo          Chief of Policy and Plans

Major-General Charley Okoro    Commandant, Nigerian Army School of Infantry;

Major-General Chris Olukolade                 Director, Army Public Relations

Brigadier-General Mohammed Yerima   Director of Defence Information

*Son of the late Major-General Charles Ndiomu