Nigerian Navy redeploys 257 rear admirals, commodores, others in major shake up The Navy said 60 rear admirals, 123 commodores and 74 captains were affected by the redeployment. 4 min read The Chief of Naval Staff, Awwal Gambo, has approved the redeployment of about 257 officers of the force, the Nation newspaper is reporting. A statement by the Director of Information, Nigerian Navy, Suleiman Dahun, on Saturday, said the exercise followed the appointment of new service chiefs. The Nigerian Army and Nigerian Air Force had announced similar redeployments earlier in the month. Mr Dahun, a commodore, said 60 rear admirals, 123 commodores and 74 captains were affected by the redeployment.