Service Chiefs Will Take Orders From CDS Irabor, Says Amao

.. DHQ to oversee all military operations

The Service Chiefs have agreed to subordinate themselves under
the Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, in line with
universal best practices.

The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, said that
Commanders of all ongoing military operations will henceforth
report directly to Irabor, as obtained in military organizations
across the world.

The decision of the Service Chiefs may not be unconnected to the
frosty relationship that existed between the former Service Chiefs
and the estwhile CDS, Gabriel Olonisakin.

In a statement by the Director of Public Relations and
Information, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, the Service Chiefs, took
the decision to strengthen efforts to check the security challenges
in the country.

According to the statement, “the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS)
Air Marshal Oladayo Amao has stated that the Nigerian Air Force
(NAF) and other sister Services have agreed to subordinate
themselves to the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) under the abled
leadership of the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky
Irabor.

“According to him, just as it is obtainable in military
organizations worldwide, the DHQ is responsible for the command and
control of the entire Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) which also
means that all ongoing joint operations and Joint Task Forces are
directly subordinated to the DHQ, and their commanders report
directly to the CDS.

“This, he said, is the new line the Service Chiefs have all
agreed to tow as efforts are on to bring the various security
challenges to an end. Air Marshal Amao made this known in Makurdi
while on his maiden tour of Tactical Air Command (TAC). According
to him, ‘When we say we are members of the AFN, we mean the 3
Services represent a single entity. When we accept the fact that we
the members of the AFN constitute a united entity, the need for
rivalry will not arise.”

.. DHQ to oversee all military operations

The Service Chiefs have agreed to subordinate themselves under
the Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, in line with
universal best practices.

The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, said that
Commanders of all ongoing military operations will henceforth
report directly to Irabor, as obtained in military organizations
across the world.

The decision of the Service Chiefs may not be unconnected to the
frosty relationship that existed between the former Service Chiefs
and the estwhile CDS, Gabriel Olonisakin.

In a statement by the Director of Public Relations and
Information, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, the Service Chiefs, took
the decision to strengthen efforts to check the security challenges
in the country.

According to the statement, “the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS)
Air Marshal Oladayo Amao has stated that the Nigerian Air Force
(NAF) and other sister Services have agreed to subordinate
themselves to the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) under the abled
leadership of the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky
Irabor.

“According to him, just as it is obtainable in military
organizations worldwide, the DHQ is responsible for the command and
control of the entire Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) which also
means that all ongoing joint operations and Joint Task Forces are
directly subordinated to the DHQ, and their commanders report
directly to the CDS.

“This, he said, is the new line the Service Chiefs have all
agreed to tow as efforts are on to bring the various security
challenges to an end. Air Marshal Amao made this known in Makurdi
while on his maiden tour of Tactical Air Command (TAC). According
to him, ‘When we say we are members of the AFN, we mean the 3
Services represent a single entity. When we accept the fact that we
the members of the AFN constitute a united entity, the need for
rivalry will not arise.”