He presided over the military when the Boko Haram terrorists annexed some local government councils in Borno and Adamawa states.
The military was at the lowest ebb, no thanks to the failure of the United States to sell arms to Nigeria.
However, Badeh leadership of the military liberated all the local government councils when Nigeria, under President Goodluck Jonathan looked elsewhere for help.
Badeh has been replaced with Major General Gabriel Abayomi Olonisakin by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Other new service chiefs are Major-General T.Y. Buratai as Chief of Army Staff; Rear Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas as Chief of Naval Staff; and Air Vice Marshal Sadique Abubakar as Chief of Air Staff.
The Nigerian Security Chiefs
Unlike the usual practice, when the CDS appointed the Chief of Defence Intelligence, Buhari also appointed Air Vice Marshal Monday Riku Morgan as Chief of Defence Intelligence and Retired Major-General Babagana Monguno as National Security Adviser.
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