President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Major-General Farouk
Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff.
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This is according to a statement signed and released on Thursday
by military spokesperson Brigadier-General Onyema Nwachukwu.
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Prior to his appointment Major-General Yahaya was the General
Officer Commanding 1 Division of the Nigerian Army and the
incumbent Theatre Commander of the Counter terrorism Counter
Insurgency military outfit in the North East code named Operation
HADIN KAI, the statement said.
His appointment comes days after the immediate past army chief,
Lieutenan-General Ibrahim Attahiru died in a Kaduna air-crash along
with 10 other military officials.
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Major-General Farouk
Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff.
This is according to a statement signed and released on Thursday
by military spokesperson Brigadier-General Onyema Nwachukwu.
Prior to his appointment Major-General Yahaya was the General
Officer Commanding 1 Division of the Nigerian Army and the
incumbent Theatre Commander of the Counter terrorism Counter
Insurgency military outfit in the North East code named Operation
HADIN KAI, the statement said.
His appointment comes days after the immediate past army chief,
Lieutenan-General Ibrahim Attahiru died in a Kaduna air-crash along
with 10 other military officials.