The Nigerian Army has described social media reports alleging that the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. General Olufemi Oluyede, has introduced a landmark policy to automatically promote officers who have served beyond the required number of years on a rank as false and misleading.
Papers News reports that the Director of Army Public Relations, Major General Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement on Tuesday, clarified that the Army remains committed to established promotion protocols that ensure fairness, professionalism, and operational effectiveness across the service.
The Army emphasized that promotion is a structured, merit-based process, governed by clear statutory regulations rather than arbitrary social media claims, stressing that it adheres to uniform promotion standards across the Armed Forces of Nigeria and will not compromise these principles.