Chief Of Army Staff appoints new COPP, GOCs, others

Major General A.B. Ibrahim has been appointed as the Chief Of Policy and Plans (COPP). 

He was appointed by the Chief Of Army Staff (COAS), Major General Taoreed Lagbaja who also approved the appointment of new General Officers Commanding (GOCs), for some divisions of the Nigerian Army and commandant of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA). 

Under the new arrangement, Major General Alabi is now the General Officers Commanding (GOCs), 1 Division, Nigerian Army, Kaduna; Major General E. A Abubakar, 3 Division, Nigerian Army, Jos; Major General Mala, GOC 7 Division; Major General Chibuisi, Theatre Commander, Joint Task Force, Operation Hadin Kai; Major General I. Ali, Multinational Joint Task Force(MNJTF).

Also appointed is a new Provost Marshall, Army, Brigadier General Garba; Chief of Military Intelligence, Brigadier General Ugiagbe; Major General Ochai, Commandant, Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA); Major General Maina, Commandant Army War College Nigeria; Major General Aligbe, Commander, Training, And Doctrine Command (TRADOC), Minna; Major General Oluyede, Commander, Infantry Corps; Major General Kange, Corps Commander, Artillery, among others.

The appointments became imperative, sequel to the gaps created by the retirement of some officers as a result of the appointment of new service chiefs by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on June 19.

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