The Nigerian military has given Monday as deadline for serving generals to proceed on voluntary retirement.
President Bola Tunubu had on June 19, appointment new service chiefs after retiring the old ones.
The order which cuts across the three services was given in line with long-standing military tradition that officers who were senior to the service chiefs would be retired.
The understanding is that senior military officers are unlikely to take orders from their juniors.
The services affected are the Army, Air Force and the Navy.
The directive which was handed down by the Defence Headquarters has it that seniors to the newly appointed service should leave on or before Monday next week for the affected officers to voluntarily retire from service.
The order was contained in a memo dated June 26 and signed by Maj Gen Y. Yahaya on behalf of the Chief of Defence Staff and was directed to generals, brigadiers-general, air vice marshals, and rear admirals in the Nigerian Army, Air Force, and Nigerian Navy, who are senior to the new service chiefs.
Sources said hundreds of top military brass are to leave office over the weekend as a result of the development