About Ike Ogalla
President Bola Tinubu appoints Ike Ogalla and other top military brass as new service chiefs and sacks ex-President Buhari’s appointees.
He named Emmanuel Ikechukwu Ogalla, a rear admiral, as the new Chief of Naval Staff today, 19 June 2023.
Tinubu overhauled the entire security high command with appointment of new military, police, and customs chiefs, and the National Security Adviser.
A government statement however stated that the top appointees are to act in the positions until confirmed by the Senate.
They include the Service Chiefs, Police Inspector-General, and the Comptroller General of Customs.
Below is a full list of the new appointments announced by the office of the Secretary to the Federal Government:
Service Chiefs & Top Security Appointees
| S/N | NAME | RANK | POSITION |
| 1 | Nuhu Ribadu | Retired Police AIG | National Security Adviser |
| 2 | C.G Musa | Maj. Gen | Chief of Defence Staff |
| 3 | T. A Lagbaja | Maj. General | Chief of Army Staff |
| 4 | E. I. Ogalla | Rear Admiral | Chief of Naval Staff |
| 5 | H.B Abubakar | Air Vice Marshal | Chief of Air Staff |
| 6 | Kayode Egbetokun | DIG | Inspector-General of Police |
| 7 | EPA Undiandeye | Maj. Gen | Chief of Defense Intelligence |
| 8 | Adeniyi Bashir Adewale | Dep, Comptroller General | Comptroller General of Customs |
Other Military Appointments include:
| S/N | NAME | RANK | POSITION |
| 1 | Adebisi Onasanya | Col | Brigade of Guards Commander |
| 2 | Moshood Abiodun Yusuf | Lt. Col. | Guards Battalion, Asokoro, Abuja |
| 3 | Auwalu Baba Inuwa | Lt. Col | 177, Guards Battalion, Keffi |
| 4 | Mohammed J. Abdulkarim | Lt. Col. | 102 Guards Battalion, Suleja |
| 5 | Olumide A. Akingbesote | Lt. Col. | 176 Guards Battalion, Gwagwalada |
State House Guard
| S/N | NAME | RANK | POSITION |
| 1 | Isa Farouk Audu | Major | Commanding Officer State House Artillery |
| 2 | Kazeem Olalekan Sunmonu | Captain | Second-in-Command, State House Artillery |
| 3 | Kamaru Koyejo Hamzat | Major | Commanding Officer, State House Military Intelligence |
| 4 | TS Adeola | Major | Commanding Officer, State House Armament |
| 5 | A. Aminu | Lieutenant | Second-in- Command, State House Armament |
About EI Ogalla
Emmanuel Ikechukwu Ogalla (55) comes from Enugu Ezike in Igbo Eze North LGA of Enugu State.
He schooled at Nigeria Military School Zaria and was the best graduating student in the sciences in June 1987, scoring A1 in all subjects except English.
He enrolled in the NDA Regular Course 39 and graduated with a BSc in Math. He was awarded the Sword of Honour as best naval cadet in his course.
Ogalla got commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1992 and rose steadily through the ranks to become a Rear Admiral in 2021.
In between, he attended other professional courses in India, Command and Staff College, Jaji, and National Defence College. As part of the Course, he took part in the MSc Strategic Studies programme, University of Ibadan from 2014 to 2015.
He served on board many ships – NNS AMBE, ARADU, LANA, EKUN, AGU, QUORRA, BEECROFT, DELTA and PATHFINDER. He also took part in the ECOMOG operations in 1996 aboard NNS EKUN and coordinated anti-bunkering operations in NNS Pathfinder
He and his wife Ijeoma Ogalla are blessed with two children and says his hobbies include jogging, reading, and researching science and nature.
Tinubu appoints Ike Ogalla and other top military brass
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