Navy promotes 19 Commodores to Rear Admiral, 184 others

By Solomon Ikechukwu

The High Command of the Nigerian Navy (NN), said that the Navy Board on Wednesday 25 November 2020 approved the promotions of 19 Commodores to Rear Admiral, 184 others.

Director Naval Information, Commodore Suleman Dahun who made this disclosure in a statement in Abuja, added that a total of 203 naval officers were promoted to various senior ranks in the Nigerian Navy.

He said that the current  promotions showed that 122 Lieutenant Commanders were promoted to the rank of Commander, 38 Commanders were promoted to Captain, 24 Captains to the Flag Rank of Commodore and 19 Commodores were promoted to the Flag Rank of Rear Admiral.

He further revealed that the newly promoted Rear Admirals are, “Akano Adesope, Kennedy Egbuchulam, Nnamdi Muogilim, Aminu Hassan, Uduak Ibanga, Bamidele Oluwagbamila, Zakariyyah Muhammad, Ibrahim Shettima, Idi Abbas, Mohammed Abdullahi, Istifanus Albara, Samson Bura, Olusola Oluwagbire, Mustapha Hassan, Patrick Nwatu, Habila Zakaria, Sulaiman El-Ladan, Baratuaipri Iyalla and Kohath Levi”.

The newly promoted Commodores he said  are, “Mohammed Wabi, Abolade Ogunleye, Mustapha Braimah, Yusuf Idris, Muhsin Abba, Vincent Gbaranwi, Madumom Ide, Suleiman Olorundare, Adedokun Siyanbade, Raheem Taofeek, Kabiru Tanimu, Johnson Adewoyin, Cajethan Aniaku, Anthony Kujoh, Abdulrahman Mohammed, Chinonyerem Oji, Adamu Yahaya, Chindo Yahaya, Kem Iheanacho, Jonathan Ajodo, Aminu Abdullahi, Usman Bala, Dickson Chigbata and Samuel Ogwu”.

The Chief of the Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas on behalf of officers, ratings and civilian staff of the Nigerian Navy, rejoices with these newly promoted officers and their families and charged them to rededicate themselves to their responsibilities and remain loyal to the nation and the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari GCFR.