61 senior officers of flag ranks – 28 Rear Admirals and 33 Commodores  will be transfered from their current unit of duty following the  approval of the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok-EteIbas.

In a statement by the Director Naval Information, Commodore Kabir  Aliyu, the Navy said the redeployed senior officers would resume at their new units from the third week of September 2015.

The statement said: “Rear Admiral SU Chinweuba, formerly Admiral  Superintendent Naval Dockyard Lagos, resumes as Chief of Naval Engineering, Naval Headquarters while Rear Admiral PA Agba, formerly Chief of Logistics has been appointed Chief of Naval Transformation.

“Read Admiral J.A. Ajani has been moved from Defence Headquarters to  Naval Doctrine and Assessment Centre as Admiral Superintendent while Rear Admiral SI Alade, formerly Chief of Naval Transformation, moves to the National Defence College as Commandant,” the statement further said.