NAF reshuffles appointments of some senior officers

ABUJA—The Nigerian Air Force, NAF, has made some
new appointments, with Air Vice Marshal S. B.
Abubakar emerging as the new Air Officer
Commanding, AOC, Training Command, Kaduna, while
his predecessor, Air Vice Marshal I. Umar moves to
Defence Headquarters as Chief of Policy and Plans.
Air Vice Marshal, AVM, T. A. Adokwu is moved to Air
Force Institute of Technology as Commandant, while
Air Vice Marshal H. R. Mohammed replaces him as
Chief of Aircraft Engineering, Headquarters, NAF.
AVM A. I. Shehu takes charge as the new Chief of
Standards and Evaluation at the Air Force
Headquarters with AVM J. M. Gbum replacing him as
Deputy Chief of Defence Intelligence, Defence
Intelligence Agency.
Air Vice Marshal A. G. Idowu is Director of Research
and Development, DHQ, F. B. Nyoyoko, Director,
Electronic Warfare, Defence Headquarters, DHQ; M. M.
Maisaka, Director, Medical Training Operations, DHQ,
while A. A. Zannah takes charge of the newly
established Air Warfare Centre, Kainji.
Also, AVM B. C. Nweze moves to Nigerian Defence
Academy as the Deputy Commandant, just as AVMs
M. A. Mohammed and L. S. Alao were appointed as
Directors of NAF Transformation and Logistics and T.
V. Udoh is the new Director, Technical Services,
Defence Intelligence Agency, DIA.
A statement by NAF Director of Information, Air
Commodore Yusuf Anas, noted that the reorganisation
also resulted in the appointment of Air Commodore J.
B. Adigun as Chairman, Military Pensions Board while
Air Commodore K. G. Lar becomes the Secretary,
National Defence College.
Other newly appointed Directors at the NAF
Headquarters include Air Commodores H. C. Ifezue,
Director of Regiment, P. C. Ugwueke, Director, Provost
Services, M. A. Soladoye, Director, ICT, M. R. Dabo,
Director, Finance and Accounts, M. A. Muhammad,
Director Legal Services, among others.