By Kingsley Omonobi President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday appointed Major-General Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff, with about 20 Generals of Regular Course 35 and 36 expected to proceed on retirement. The new Army chief, who was appointed to replace late Lt. General Ibrahim Attahiru who died in a place crash in Kaduna last Friday, alongside 10 other military officers, is of Regular Course 37. ‘Tradition in the military’ A source said it is the tradition in the military for senior officers to take a bow whenever a junior officer is appointed a COAS, as they cannot be saluting their junior officer. Major-General Yahaya’s appointment, right from the position of Brigade Commander to that of Theatre Commander, Operation Hadin Kai, were made by the former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Yusuf Buratai (retd).
Major General Yahaya assumes duty as new Chief of Army Staff Major General Yahaya assumes duty as new Chief of Army Staff
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The newly-appointed Chief of Army Staff, Major General Faruk Yahaya, on Friday assumed office at the Army Headquarters, Abuja, as the Chief of Army Staff
The new army boss was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday following the death of Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru along with 10 military officers in the air crash in Kaduna last week Friday
Shortly after the military tradition ceremonies, General Yahaya addressed senior officers at the main chamber of the Army Headquarters.
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – 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 […]
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28th May 2021
Nigeria’s president has appointed a new army chief, the ministry of defence said in a statement on Thursday, following the death of the military head’s predecessor in a plane crash last week.
President Muhammadu Buhari appointed Major General Farouk Yahaya who previously commanded troops operating in the northeast where security forces are fighting an Islamist insurgency, the statement said.
Nigeria’s army faces several challenges including the insurgency waged by Boko Haram and its offshoot, Islamic State West Africa Province, that has displaced about 2 million people and killed more than 30,000 since 2009. Troops are also fighting armed gangs in the northwest who kidnap for ransom.
The newly appointed Chief of Army Staff, Maj.-Gen. Farouk Yahaya, has on Friday assumed the leadership of the Nigerian Army as the 22nd Chief of Army Staff.