Rear Admiral BEE Ibe-Enwo

1.  Rear Admiral Begroy Enyinna Elvees (BEE) IBE-ENWO (NN/0946) aka BEE of the Nigerian Navy was born on 15 September 1964 in Afikpo, Ebonyi State and had his primary and secondary education in Amuro / Mgbom Primary School and Government College, Afikpo. After a brief stint in University of Nigeria, he left for Nigerian Naval College (NNC) ONURA as a member of 2^nd Regular Course in January 1982 and was commissioned Sub Lieutenant on 2 January 1985.  He rose steadily in rank and was eventually promoted Rear Admiral with effect from 01 July 2013.

2.  During the course of his career he attended several courses some of which include:  Long Specialization Course in Communications in Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) QUORRA in 1993, Senior Staff Course in Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Accra from 1998 – 1999 where he was the best graduating naval officer. Rear Admiral Ibe –Enwo received the Chief of Defence Staff prize for coming third in overall order of merit at National Defence College, Abuja.  He holds an MSc in Strategic Studies from University of Ibadan in 2011.

3.  Rear Admiral Ibe-Enwo has held several command and staff appointments notable among them are: United Nations Military Observer in MINURSO, Western Sahara/Morocco, Staff Officer Communications, Headquarters Western Naval Command and Chief Instructor NNS AKASO now Nigerian Navy Basic Training School.  Others are Commanding Officer Command Naval Drafting (CO CND), Command Operations Officer, HQ WNC, Directors of Manning NHQ and Training, NHQ.  He is presently the Chief Staff Officer, Headquarters Western Naval Command, Apapa Lagos from January 2015 till date.


4.  Rear Admiral BEE Ibe – Enwo holds several foreign and national honours. He is married to Pastor (Mrs) Obinma Eka and the marriage is blessed with 4 children. His hobbies include Reading, Jogging, Playing Squash and Gyming.