Attahiru and 10 other military officers died last Friday in a plane crash, while on an official trip to Kaduna. The victims had since been buried in line with military tradition.
An encounter with Gen Attahiru, spy chief, days before their deaths, By Yushau A. Shuaib
On his appointment as Chief of Army Staff, the late military tactician exhibited a very national outlook in the deployment of officers.
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It was after that encounter that we sustained a brotherly relationship and I gradually came into a greater awareness of Attahiru, not only as a very keen professional who understood his brief at each point and always delivered on this to the best of his ability, but equally as a highly humane person with a strong sense of empathy, support and solidarity.
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• You’re fuelling tension, ethnic distrust, YCE, Southeast groups blast President • Buhari appoints Mohammed as NAPTIP DG, Abari NOA DG Six days after the tragic death of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant-General Ibrahim Attahiru, in a plane crash in Kaduna State, the Nigerian Army got a new chief, Major-General Farouk Yahaya, following his appointment as the new COAS yesterday by President Muhammadu Buhari. The announcement followed the end of three-day mourning after the Federal Government directed public buildings to fly the national flag at half-mast from Monday in honour of Attahiru and 10 other military officers that died in the crash.
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Published 28 May 2021
Adelani Adepegba, Solomon Odeniyi, Kayode Oyero and Godwin Isenyo
Published 28 May 2021
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Thursday appointed Major General Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff, one week after the demise of the former COAS, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru and 10 others in a plane crash in Kaduna.
Until his appointment, Yahaya was the Theatre Commander, Operation Hadin Kai, responsible for counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency operations in the North-East.
Yahaya’s emergence may however spell the end of the careers of about 25 major generals who were of the Regular Course 35 and Regular Course 36.