Major General Farouk Yahaya has been appointed by President
Muhammadu Buhari as the new Chief of Army Staff.
Yahaya succeeds Lt. General Ibrahim Attahiru, who died last
Friday in an Air Force plane crash..
Yahaya’ s appointment was announced today by Brigadier
General Onyema Nwachukwu, acting Director Defence Information
Prior to his appointment, Major General Yahaya was the
General Officer Commanding 1 Division of the Nigerian Army.
He is also the incumbent Theatre Commander of the Counter
Terrorism Counter Insurgency military outfit in the North East, code named
Operation HADIN KAI.
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