BREAKING: Tinubu Sacks Service Chiefs, Appoints Replacements
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday, October 24, 2025, sacked Military Service Chiefs with immediate effect.
A statement from the presidency conveying the development also announced replacements for the sacked Service Chiefs.
This is “in furtherance of the efforts of the Federal Government of Nigeria to strengthen the national security architecture,” said the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Public Communication, Sunday Dare, who endorsed the statement.
The statement is titled ‘Tinubu changes service chiefs.’
According to Dare, the President appointed General Olufemi Oluyede to replace General Christopher Musa as the new Chief of Defence Staff.
“The new Chief of Army Staff is Major-General W. Shaibu. Air Vice Marshall S.K Aneke is Chief of Air Staff, while Rear Admiral I. Abbas is the new Chief of Naval Staff. Chief of Defence Intelligence Major-General E.A.P Undiendeye retains his position. All appointments take immediate effect.
“The President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, expresses most profound appreciation to the outgoing Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa and the other Service Chiefs for their patriotic service and dedicated leadership,” the statement further read.
Tinubu charged the newly appointed Service Chiefs to justify the confidence reposed in them by further enhancing the professionalism, vigilance and comradeship that define Nigeria’s Armed Forces.
It was uncertain, as at Press time, if the change is connected with the rumoured coup plot on October 1, 2025, for which about 16 senior military officers were currently being detained.
