– Obasanjo’s son, Sani Usman and 225 other officers have been promoted by the Nigerian army

– The promotion takes effect from as far back as March 2014 for some
officers and as recent as December 2016
– Obasanjo’s son and 112 others were promoted to the position of colonel
The Nigerian Army Council has approved the promotion of no fewer than
227 officers.
Among those promoted are Adeboye Obasanjo, son of ex-president
Olusegun Obasanjo, and its spokesman, Sani Usman, Premium Times
reports.
Details of a memo, dated December 9, 2016, showed that the promotion
will take effect from as far back as March 2014 for some officers and
as recent as December 2016 for many others.
The promotion comes three years after the decoration of 102 officers
by the Goodluck Jonathan administration.
The officers were considered for promotion by the Army Council in
strict compliance with the provisions of the Armed Forces Act.
In the latest rounds, Chukwunedum Abraham, the general officer
commanding of the Nigerian Army 2nd Division in Ibadan and 20 other
officers were promoted to the position of Major-General.
Ninety-three were elevated to the rank of Brigadier-General, including
Sani Usman, the spokesman for the army, whose promotion from the rank
of colonel took effect from September 5, 2016.
Obasanjo’s son and 112 others were promoted from the position of a
lieutenant colonel to colonels. His promotion which is effective
August 27, 2016, came two years after he sustained serious injuries in
a shootout with Boko Haram insurgents in Adamawa state.
Below is the full list of all the promoted officers: