President 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.
He takes over from Lt General Ibrahim Attahiru, who died in an air crash last Friday, May 21st 2021.
In his response to the incident, President Buhari had described the late officers as ““heroes who paid the ultimate price for peace and security in the land.”
They were buried last Saturday at the National Military Cemetery in Abuja.
Major-General Yahaya’s appointment comes as the country continues to battle several security challenges, including but not limited to an insurgency in the North-East, banditry in the North-West, secessionist agitations in the South-East and Fulani-Herdsmen crises across the Middle-Belt and several South-West states.
Before 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.
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