The Air Council has approved the promotion of 50 senior officers including the late Group Captain Adanu Ochai who lost his life in an air mishap involving a NAF Air Beetle aircraft on 24 August in Kaduna.
The deceased officer was among the promotions comprising 22 air commodores and 28 group captains, to the next ranks in the Nigerian Air Force (NAF).
A statement from Wing Commander Bassey Okon, Director of Public Relations and Information NAF, yesterday said those elevated to the rank of Air Vice Marshal include, the Director of Public Relations and Information, Headquarters NAF (HQ NAF), Olatokunbo Adesanya.
Others are: Principal Director, Air Force Research and Development Centre, Kaduna, Paul Jemitola; Senior Air Staff Officer, Tactical Air Command, Makurdi, Charles Ohwo; Director of Procurement, HQ NAF, Mohammed Yakubu.
Also promoted are: Commander 631 Aircraft Maintenance Depot, Lagos, Emmanuel Wonah; Director of Civil Military Relations, HQ NAF and Ubrufih Uzezi, Director of Air Engineering, HQ NAF.
Others are: Hyacinth Eze; Commander 455 Base Services Group, Kano, Abubakar Liman, Air Component Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, Idi Lubo; Commander 151 Base Services Group, Makurdi, Samuel Babalola; Director of Administration, HQ NAF, Nelson Calmday amongst others.
He also said the senior officers promoted from Group Captain to Air Commodore include, Abubakar Abdullahi, Abraham Adole, Adebayo Kahinde, Michael Onyebashi, Uchechi Nwagwu, Ebimobo Ebiowe, Nnaemeka Ilo, Patrick Philips, Amos Bulus, Ahmed Bakari, Anthony Ndace, Halim Adebowale, Hassan Alhaji, Alfred Shogbanmu, Idi Sani, Usman Abdullahi, Kabir Umar, Olufemi Ogunsina, Mohammed Suleiman, David Aluku, Raymond Nwankwo, Lawal Danzangi, Razaq Shittu, Babatunde Ajayi, Samuel Chinda, Paul Irumheson and Friday Ogohi.
