27/11/2013
Air Force promotes 107
senior officers. The Nigerian Air Force on
Wednesday announced
the promotion of 107
senior officers. The affected officers are 15 Air Vice Marshals, 39 Air
Commodores, 31 Group
Captains and 22 Wing
Commanders. Those promoted to the rank of Air Vice Marshal are: – Air Vice Marshal Elam Nzokala; Air Vice Marshal
Christopher Gudi; Air Vice
Marshal Suleiman Dambo;
Air Vice Marshal Victor
Udoh; Air Vice Marshal
Chukwuma Mojekwu and Air Vice Marshal Emmanuel
Akogu. Others are - Air Vice Marshal Eche Agwungwu;
Air Vice Marshal
Muhammadu Muhammed;
Air Vice Marshal Uko
Ebong; Air Vice Marshal
Ibrahim Umaru; Air Vice Marshal Benjamin Nweze;
Air Vice Marshal Sani
Ahmed; Air Vice Marshal
Rufus Ojuawo; Air Vice
Marshal Lawal Alao; and
Air Vice Marshal Stephen Onuh. Those elevated to the rank of Air Commodore are –
Air Commodore Oluwole
Akinsanya; Air Commodore
Isiaka Amao; Air
Commodore Ayuba Lassa;
Air Commodore Christopher Umolu; and Air
Commodore Abdulganiyu
Olabisi; and Air
Commodore Danladi
Bausa. Other newly promoted Air Commodores are – Air
Commodore Ibukun
Ojeyemi; Air Commodore
Remigius Ekeh; Air
Commodore Christopher
Dola; Air Commodore Lazarus Mshelia; Aliyu
Pani; Dahiru Sanda;
Mahmud Madi; and Usman
Suleiman. The rest are – Charles Ohwo, Mohammed
Yakubu, Emmanuel
Wonah, Idi Lubo, Akugbe
Iyamu, Morgan Idonibo,
Dauda Prayero, John
Ochomma, Sonny Ohemu, Paul Jemitola, Sambo
Usman, Emenike Umeoka,
Chinwedu Onyike, Taofiki
Oladega, Musa Tanko,
Hyacinth Eze, Ayodele
Dudusola, Nelson Camday, Christopher Egwoba,
Abdullahi Kassimu, lliyasu
Yahaya, Olatokunbo
Adesanya, Dele Alonge,
Ado Inuwa and Emmanuel
Akinbayo. The newly promoted Group Captains are –
Group Captain Anthony
Ekpe, Group Captain
Ikechukwu Ogbodo, Group
Captain Gideon Bako,
Group Captain Okey Ezeanyagu, Group Captain
Anthony Martins, Group
Captain Esen Efanga, Group
Captain Ndubuisi Okoro,
Group Captain Micheal
Ekwueme, Group Captain Chidiebere Obiabaka and
Group Captain Simon
Peter. A statement issued by Air Commodore D.J Alonge on
behalf of the Director of
Public Relations and
Information of the Air
Force said the promotions
take immediate effect. -THE NATION NEWS