President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Major-General Farouk Yahaya 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
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 Counterterrorism, Counter-Insurgency military outfit in the North East code named Operation HADIN KAI, the statement said.
