The new Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Major General Faruk Yahaya was born on 5 January 1966 in Sifawa, Bodinga Local Government Area of Sokoto State. Maj
By Kingsley Nwezeh
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Major General Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff.
His appointment follows the death of Lt. General Ibrahim Attahiru, who died last weekend in an air crash with 10 other military officers in Kaduna.
A statement issued by Defence Headquarters (DHQ) said Yahaya was General Officer Commanding 1 Division of the Nigerian Army.
The statement signed by Defence Spokesman, Brigadier-General Onyema Nwachukwu, said the new army chief was the current Theatre Commander, Operation Hadin Kai, formerly Lafiya Dole.
“The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Mohammadu Buhari has appointed Major General Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff.
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Major General Farouk Yahaya
The new Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Major General Faruk Yahaya was born on 5 January 1966 in Sifawa, Bodinga Local Government Area of Sokoto state. Maj Gen Yahaya who is a member of the 37 Regular Course of the prestigious Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), started his cadet training on 27 September 1985 and was commissioned into the Nigerian Army Infantry Corps on 22 September 1990.
Maj Gen Yahaya has held several appointments including Staff, Instructional and Command.
Notable among the appointments held by the new COAS are Garrison Commander Headquarters Guards Brigade, Directing Staff at the Armed Forces Command and Staff College (AFCSC), Deputy Director Army Headquarters Department of Military Secretary, Deputy Director Army Research and Development and the Chief of Staff, Headquarters Joint Task Force Operation Pulo Shield.
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Major General Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff.
This was contained in a statement issued on Thursday by military spokesperson Brigadier-General Onyema Nwachukwu.
Major General Yahaya replaces Lt General Ibrahim Attahiru, who died in a military plane crash last Friday.
Prior to his appointment, Yahaya was the General Officer Commanding 1 Division of the Nigerian Army and the Theatre Commander of a military counter-terrorism unit in the North East.
Brigadier-General Onyema Nwachukwu’s statement reads:
“The Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Major General Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff.