The Defence Headquarters has directed all Senior officers with “seniority on
commission “above Nigerian Defence Academy Regular Course 39 to proceed on voluntary retirement.
This development comes on the heels of the
appointment of the new service chiefs by President Bola Tinubu.
The notice of resignation was made known in a
statement from the Defence Headquarters signed on Monday by Maj-Gen. Y. Yayaha
for the Chief of Defence Staff.
“I am directed to respectfully request
services to direct all officers with seniority on commission above that of
Nigerian Defence Academy(NDA) regular course 39 to submit their applications
for voluntary retirement from service with immediate effect,” the statement
reads in part:
“I am to add that affected officers are to
submit their applications to their respective service headquarters no later
than on Monday, July 3, 2023.”
According to military tradition, senior officers
are unlikely to take orders from their juniors, thus the new appointments
necessitate the compulsory retirement of about 100 top officers, including
Generals, Brigadiers-General, Air Vice Marshals, and Admirals in the Nigerian
Army, Navy, and Air Force from the Force.
The affected senior officers who are expected
to file in their voluntary retirement are officers above the NDA regular course
39, however, the new Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Christopher Musa is
a member of 38 regular courses, the Chief of Army Staff, Major General Taoreed
Lagbaja, the Chief of Naval Staff, Rear admiral, Emmanuel Ogalla, and the Chief
of Air Staff, and Air Vice Marshal, Hassan Abubakar are members of 39 regular
course.
Good luck to them more succes awaits them
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