Shake-up; New GOC, Theatre Commanders, Others Appointed To Tackle Boko Haram

The Nigerian army has announced the appointment of a new acting General
Officer Commanding(GOC), for 7 Division Maiduguri. He is
Brigadier-General AK Ibrahim. He is also the new theatre commander for
Sector 1 Operation Lafia Dole. He takes over from Major-General Bulama
Biu, who has been appointed acting commander, Sector 3 Operation Lafiya
Dole and Sector 3 Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF).

The
redeployment which takes effect from August, 14,according to a letter
announcing the postings from the office office of the military secretary
army, also announced the appointment of Major-General Major-Generals CG
Musa and BA Akinroluyo, have been redeployed to the Training And
Doctrine Command(TRADOC), Minna, while Major-General O Adeniyi is to
remain in as theatre commander.

Others include Colonels IA Ajose,
a who has also been redeployed from 5 Brigade to TRADOC, while OA
Awolo, is now commander 707 Special Forces Brigade.

The
appointment it was gathered is aimed at re-strategizing the counter
insurgency operations to bring the war to an end in the very shortest
possible time.

{Naijafinix.com}