Air Force redeploys two AOCs, 27 others

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has redeployed two Air Officer Commanding (AOCs) and 27 other senior officers as part of routine exercise aimed at ensuring operational efficiency and effectiveness.

In a statement yesterday by the Director of Public Relations & Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, the newly appointed AOCs are Air Vice Marshal (AVM) Mohammed Suleiman, who is now the AOC, Air Training Command (ATC), Kaduna and AVM Idi Amin, who had been moved to Ground Training Command (GTC), Enugu, as AOC.

Also redeployed are AVM Dayo Adeluoye as Director of Strategy, Defence Headquarters (DHQ), AVM Olusoji Awomodu, who is now the Director of Evaluation, DHQ and AVM Tunde Awoyoola as Director of Operations DHQ.

In the same vein, AVM Ismaila Kaita, the erstwhile AOC GTC, has now been appointed as the Deputy Commandant, Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA).

AVM Mohammed Idris, who was the immediate past AOC ATC, is now the Deputy Chief of Defence, Space Agency while AVM Charles Ohwo is now the Director of Operations, Headquarters NAF (HQ NAF).

Also redeployed were Air Commodore Christopher Egwoba, who is now Director of Evaluation, HQ NAF; Air Commodore Amos Bulus as Director of Information Technology, HQ NAF; Group Captain Francis Edosa as Commander 307 Executive Airlift Group, Abuja; Group Captain Abiodun Oyekunle as Acting Managing Director, NAF Housing Construction Company; Group Captain Haliru Badamasi as Director of Works, HQ NAF and Wing Commander Dooyum Laha as Commander, 401 Flying Training School, Kaduna.