NIGERIAN ARMY NAMES GENERALS, COLONELS KICKED OUT

The Nigerian Army, on Saturday, revealed that it has sent some senior officials on compulsory retirement following findings that the top Army officials were either involved in the mismanagement of the Arms deal fund or complicit in electoral malpractice during the 2015 general election. Read more at:

It is unclear the total number of officials that were retired but reports placed the number of retired senior officers at above 60.

According to a list obtained by SaharaReporters, the following Army officers were retired from the force:

Maj Gen Mobolaji Koleoso
Maj. General TC Ude
Maj Gen SD Aliyu
Maj Gen LC Ilo
Maj Gen PAT Akem
Maj Gen IN Ijoma
Maj. Gen O Ejimai
Maj Gen ED Atewe
Maj. General Letam Wiwa (Younger brother of Niger Delta activist and author, Ken Saro-Wiwa)
Maj. Gen FO Alli
Maj. General MY Ibrahim
Brigadier Gen D Abdusalam
Brigadier General MG Ali
Brigadier General AI Onibasa
Brigadier Gen. Mustapha Onoyiveta
Brigadier General Bright Fiboinumama
Brigadier General GO Agachi
Brigadier General Okonkwo
Brig Gen Bashir Mormoni
Brig Gen AH Sa’ad -Former ADC to late President Musa Yar’adua
Brig Gen IMD Lawson
Brig Gen Koko Essien
Brig Gen Ogidi
Brig Gen LN Bello
Brig. General PE Ekpeyong
Brig Gen Oyefesobi
Col. Ojogbane Adegbe –ADC to former President Goodluck Jonathan
Col. CK Ukoha
Col. Tonye F Minimah –Younger brother of former Chief of Army Staff, LT. General Kenneth Minimah
Col DR Hassan
Col FD Kayode
Col OU Nwankwo
Col. MA Suleiman
Col. Audu
Col. Nicholas Achinze -Dasuki’s ADC
Lt. Col GC Nyekwu
Lt Col TE Arigbe
Lt. Col C Enechukwu
Lt. Col TO Oladuntoye
Lt. Col CO Amadi
Lt. Col Adimoha
Lt. Col DB Dazang
Lt. Col OC Egemode
Lt. Col Baba Ochankpa
Lt. Col A Mohammed
Lt. Col AS Mohammed
Major TA Williams

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