Major Shakeup In Nigerian Army As Military Orders Generals To Go On Voluntarily Retirement, Gives Monday Deadline
The Defence Headquarters has given top officers who are seniors to the newly appointed service chiefs till Monday to voluntarily retire from service.
The order, which was contained in a memo dated June 26 and signed by Maj Gen Y. Yahaya on behalf of the Chief of Defence Staff, was directed to Generals, Brigadiers-General, Air Vice Marshals, and Rear Admirals in the Nigerian Army, Air Force, and Nigerian Navy, who are senior to the new Service Chiefs.
The directive confirmed earlier report that scores of top military brass would be retired following the appointment of new Service Chiefs by President Bola Tinubu on June 19.
The retirement of the senior officers across the three services was in line with the long-standing military tradition that officers who were senior to the service chiefs would be retired.
It is a tradition in the military that when a junior is appointed as a service chief, senior officers, who are ahead of him or her, would proceed on retirement.
The understanding is that senior military officers are unlikely to take orders from their juniors.
