The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has appointed Air Commodore Ibikunle
Daramola as the new spokesman with effect from Wednesday, 2 August 2018,
reports ITRealms.
He takes over from Air Vice Marshal (AVM) Olatokunbo Adesanya, who
has been at the helms of Information management in the NAF since April 2017.
Confirming this to ITRealms on behalf of the Director,
Public Relations and Information
Nigerian Air Force, Wing Commander, Bassey Okon, said the new Director of Public Relations and Information (DOPRI) was the Commander, 041 Communications Depot, Shasha, Lagos before his recent appointment
Nigerian Air Force, Wing Commander, Bassey Okon, said the new Director of Public Relations and Information (DOPRI) was the Commander, 041 Communications Depot, Shasha, Lagos before his recent appointment
“AVM Adesanya will be departing the country shortly, following his
appointment as Nigeria’s Defence Attache (DA) to Moscow, Russia,” he said.
ITRealms also gathered that Air Commodore
Ibikunle Daramola is a member of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) Regular
Course 39 and was commissioned into the NAF as a Regular Combatant officer in September
1991.
Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola holds a Master of Science Degree
in Telecommunications Engineering from New Jersey Institute of Technology,
Newark, New Jersey, United States of America and a Post Graduate Diploma in
Telecommunications and Electronics Engineering from Obafemi Awolowo University,
Ile-Ife. Air Commodore Daramola also holds a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics
from NDA and a Certificate de Langue Francais from Alliance Francaise.
Since joining
the NAF, the new DOPRI has attended many military as well as professional
courses, some of which include Electronics Engineering Officers’ Basic Course
at 320 Technical Training Group, now Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT),
Kaduna as well as Junior and Senior Staff Courses at the prestigious Armed
Forces Command and Staff College (AFCSC), Jaji. He was also a participant at
the National Defence Course, National Defence University in Islamabad,
Pakistan. He has also participated in several short courses, seminars and
workshops within and outside Nigeria.
Additionally, the
new NAF Spokesman has served in various units and Commands of the NAF. He was
the Deputy Research Officer at the NAF Research & Development Centre and
Chief Instructor Electronics Engineering Maintenance School at AFIT. Air
Commodore Ibikunle Daramola was a Directing Staff, AFCSC, Jaji, Deputy Director
Communications, Headquarters NAF (HQ NAF). He had a brief stint as the Deputy
Director Plans, HQ NAF, Abuja. He is happily married and blessed with children.
At his leisure time, the new DOPRI loves reading and listening to gospel music.
Chuks Egbune/GEE
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