General Taoreed Lagbaja, The Chief of Army Staff, has ordered the promotion of the first female officer trained in UK Military Academy, Second Lieutenant Oluchukwu Owowoh, to the substantive rank of Lieutenant in the Nigerian Army.
The statement by the NDA on Wednesday partly read, “Speaking during the decoration ceremony that took place today, June 26, 2024, at the Nigerian Defence Academy Officer’s Mess and Golf Club, the NDA Commandant, Major General JO Ochai, extolled the track record of excellence of Lt. Owowoh as a cadet, which accorded her the rare privilege of becoming the first female Nigerian to be trained at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst as well as her promotion to the new rank
