The
Nigerian Army has confirmed Sani Kukasheka Usman as substantive Director of the
Nigerian Army Directorate of Public Relations.
The
confirmation of Mr. Usman, a brigadier-general, was announced via the WhatsApp
handle operated by the directorate.
Appointed
acting spokesperson on January 30, 2015, the senior officer functioned in that
capacity for about two years.
At the
time of his appointment, he was a colonel. He was promoted brigadier-general on
December 9, 2016.
It remains
unclear whether his confirmation was a result of his new rank. But Colonels
have held that position on substantive basis in the past.
Mr. Sani
succeeded then Brigadier-General Olajide Laleye, who was redeployed Brigade
Commander of 4th Army Brigade, Benin, Edo State.
Before his
appointment as acting director, Mr. Sani was deputy director, Army Public
Relations, based at the Army’s 7th Division in Maiduguri, Borno State, the
epicentre of the deadly Boko Haram insurgency.
The
officer was commissioned as Lieutenant into the Directorate of Army Public
Relations (DAPR) in 1992, and has remained in the unit ever since.
According
to information on his Facebook Page, Mr. Usman attended Government Secondary
School, Kafachan between 1977 and 1982.
He studied
for a Bachelors degree in Mass Communication at Bayero University, Kano,
between 1987 and 1991.
Between
2010 and 2011, the officer was at the University of Peace, Costa Rica, for a
masters degree in Media, Peace and Conflict Studies.
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