UPDATED: Irabor takes over as 17th CDS

By Okodili Ndidi, AbujaThe new Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Lucky Irabor, has taken over Command of the Armed Forces of Nigeria as the 17 Chief of Defence Staff with a charge to ensure that Nigeria remains one united country.Outgoing Chief of Defence Staff, General Gabriel Olonisakin, who gave the charge during his official handover at the Defence Headquarters, urged Irabor to give his best to ensure that Nigeria remains one peaceful, indivisible country.Highlighting the achievements of the military in the last five years, the outgoing CDS said: I must state that while the Armed Forces of Nigeria, under my leadership, grappled with some operational and logistics challenges, the DHQ has made some modest achievements aimed at improving operational capacity, logistics and welfare needs of officers and men serving in the Defence Headquarters.Major General Lucky IraborIn terms of organisation, some directorates of the DHQ were upgraded to departments to make them more impactful. Some of these are the former Directorate of Civil-Military Affairs, which have been upgraded to a Department to scale up our non-kinetic operation.Olonisakin added: I am confident that General Irabor will lead the Armed Forces of Nigeria to build on what we have been able to achieve in the past five and half years and take the Armed Forces of Nigeria to much greater heights.I urge you to continue to give your best to ensure that Nigeria remains one peaceful, indivisible country.Irabor solicited the support of Nigerians to tackle the current security challenges, adding we are all aware of the security landscape and should join hands to take security to all the nooks of the country.He promised to offer the right leadership that will inspire the Armed Forces.
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