Current Composition of Nigeria Provisional Ruling Council

[Ayowale B. Ogunye]

Below is the current compostiton of the Nigeria Provisional Ruling Council
(source: http://africa-confidential.com/achead.htm).

In the light of the security concerns (Egbe Omo Yoruba and Dr. Alex
Ekwueme) regarding the issue that the security forces in Nigeria are
monopolised by a section of the Country--particularly, the Hausa-Fulani
elite in the Nigerian Army--it is instructive to take a look at this list,
and examine how represenatative of Nigeria it is.

Wale Ogunye

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The Provisional Ruling Council

1. Head of State, Commander-in-Chief and Minister of Defence - General
Abdusalaam Abubakar

2. Chief of General Staff - Rear Admiral Mike Akhigbe (ex-Chief of Naval
Staff)

3. Chief of Defence Staff - Air Vice-Marshal Adamu Musa Daggash -
(ex-Commandant, Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna)

4. Chief of Army Staff - Maj. Gen. Ishaya Bamaiyi

5. Chief of Air Staff - Air Vice Marshall Nsikak Eduok

6. Chief of Naval Staff - Rear Admiral Jubril Ayinla

7. Inspector General of Police Ibrahim Coomassie

8. Lt. Gen. Jeremiah Useni (ex-Minister of the Federal Capital Territory)

9. Commandant, Command and Staff College (majors and lieutenant colonels),
Jaji - Maj. Gen. John Inienger

10. Commandant, National War College, Abuja (colonels and brigadiers) -
Maj. Gen. Chris Abutu Garuba

11. Commandant, Nigeria Defence Academy (cadet level), Kaduna - Brigadier
Gen. Bashir Magashi

12. Maj. Gen. Abdullahi Muktar - General Officer Commanding 1st Division at
Kaduna

13. GOC 2nd Division (Ibadan) - Brig. Gen. Felix Mujakperuo

14. GOC 3rd Division (Jos) - Brig. Gen. Peter Shaa

15. GOC 82nd Division (Enugu) - Maj. Gen. Oladapo Popoola

16. Commander, Lagos Garrison - Maj. Gen. Victor Malu

17. Flag Officer commanding Western Naval Command - Rear Admiral Rufus
Eyitayo

18. Flag Officer commanding Eastern Naval Command - Commodore Victor Ombu

19. Tactical Command (Benue) - Air Commodore Emmanuel Edem

20. Training Command, Lagos Commander of Ecomog Forces - Air Vice Marshal
G.Y. Kontagora

21. Representing Defence Headquarters, Lagos - Maj. Gen. Timothy Shelpidi

22. Representing Defence HQ, Lagos - Air Commodore Ibrahim Musa

23. Representing Defence HQ, Lagos - Brig. Gen. Musa Balogun

24. Representing Defence HQ, Lagos - Commodore Taiwo Odedina

25. Representing Defence HQ, Lagos - Naval Captain Anthony Oguguo

26. Representing Defence HQ, Lagos - Air Commodore Cannis Uwenwaliri

27. Brig. Gen. Patrick Aziza (Delta) - (ex-Minister of Communications) (*
Lt. Gen. Mohammed B. Haladu - deceased July 1998) (* Gen. Sani Abacha -
deceased June 1998)

[Mobolaji E. Aluko]

Wale:

If you count numbers, you will be deceived. It is in the distribution
among the REAL COMMAND structure, where the power is, that matters!

They are in this order:

Official # North South Indeterminate

1 1 0 0
2 - 8 4 3 0
9 - 16 5 1 2
17 - 20 1 3 0
21 - 26 2 3 1
27 1 0 0
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15 9 [SW=5] 3

In any case, when Diya was there, what happened? The military requires
total restructuring, not tokenism in numbers!

Bolaji

[Ess...@aol.com]

I guess one can ask: Wy is it called the 'Provisional' Ruling Council when it
is all but permanent? Some names are obsolete.

Just thinking aloud.

Mike E.