Major Abdulsalam Resumes as New GOC, 6 Div

By Emmanuel Sunday

A new General Officer Commanding, (GOC) 6 Division Nigerian Army/ Land Component Commander Joint Task Force (South-South) Operation Delta Safe has assumed Command.

He is Major General Jamal Abdulsalam. Until his appointment as the 10th General Officer Commanding, 6 Division Nigerian Army, he was the immediate past Military Secretary (Army). 

In a statement signed by the Acting Deputy Director Army Public Relations 6 Division Nigerian Army, Lieutenant colonel, Iweha Ikedichi said in a handing and taking over ceremony, the out gone GOC, 6 Division Nigerian Army, Major General Olufemi Oluyede thanked officers and men of the Division for their support and cooperation which enabled him record the modest successes attributed to the Division. 

The statement noted that the outgoing GOC called on Brigade Commanders, Commanders of affiliated formations and units, officers and men of the Division to extend even greater level of support to the new GOC. 

Ikedichi statement stated that the new General Officer Commanding 6 Division Nigerian Army Major General Jamal Abdussalam, while responding appreciated the successes recorded under the leadership of the out gone GOC and called on officers and men to always bear in their minds, the basics of soldiering. 

The 6 division Nigeria Army spokesperson added that the new GOC pledged to consolidate on the successes of his predecessor while stating that threats to personnel, equipment and location would not be condoned. 

Major General Olufemi Oluyede only recently was redeployed to Army Headquarters, Abuja as Director, Directorate of Inspection and Compliance, Office of the Chief of Army Staff.

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