About twenty-nine Army Generals have been forced to retire from the Nigerian Army following the appointment of Major General Farouk Yahaya as the Chief of Army Staff.
The new Chief of Army Staff who hails from Sokoto State was appointed by the President and Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari.
The forceful retirement of the Army Generals is not in tandem with the position of the Defence HQ last week that claimed that none of its officers had been retired.
With Major General Yahaya of Course 37 picked as the COAS, this means that between 30 and 45 Generals who are his seniors, belonging to Course 35 and 36 may be asked to go home.
It’s a military tradition that when a Junior is appointed as a service chief, senior officers who are ahead would proceed on retirement.
A total of twenty-nine Major Generals in the Army have been approved to proceed on terminal leave in lieu of their eventual retirement, namely:
1. JB Olawumi
2. JO Akomolafe
3. CO Ude
4. G Oyefesobi
5. MO Uzoh
6. CC Okonkwo
7. MSA Aliyu
8. UM Mohammed
9. BM Shafa
10. NE Angbazo
11. YP Auta
12. SA Yaro
13. J Sarham
14. HE Ayamasoawei
15. OF Azinta
16. BA Akinroluyo
17. KAY Isiyaku
18. AT Hamman
19. AM Aliyu
20. HPZ Vintienagba
21. HR Momoh
22. JR Unuigbe
23. AA Jidda
24. OI Uzomere
25. MH Magaji
26. LA Adegboye
27. MA Masanawa
28. OA Akinyemi
29. AM Dauda