Army General Refuses To Hand Over To Successor

Army General Refuses To Hand Over To SuccessorThere is an ongoing controversy at the Defence Industrial Corporation of Nigeria (DICON) as the outgoing director-general, Major General E.R. Chioba has refused to hand over to the newly appointed director-general of the corporation, Brigadier General Augustine Odidi. It was gathered that a slight drama broke out when the newly appointed DG, Brigadier General Odidi went to Kaduna, the headquarters of DICON, to take over from Major General Chioba, who was appointed DG in February 2013. According to reports, General Chioba told General Odidi that he was not ready to vacate the seat. Sources told Nation that Chioba’s refusal to hand over to the new DG was based on general order to put on hold all recent postings done in the Nigerian Army on the eve of the exit of the former Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lieutenant General Kenneth Minimah.