Army promotes first female officer trained in UK military academy to Lieutenant

Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, has ordered the promotion of Second Lieutenant Oluchukwu Owowoh to the substantive rank of Lieutenant in the Nigerian Army.

Nigerian Defence Academy disclosed this in a statement on X.com.

The NDA statement 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.

“The event was attended by senior military officers, academic and non-academic staff, and family members, among others.”

Twenty four-year-old Owowoh made history in April when she became the first Nigerian female officer to graduate from the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, in the United Kingdom.