Here are brief profiles of the new service chiefs: Major General L.E.O. Irabor Chief of Defence Staff Maj-Gen Leo Irabor Irabor hails from Agbor in Delta state and he’s a member 34 Regular Course of the Nigeria Defence Academy (NDA). He’s an alumnus of Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife as he also holds two Masters Degrees from the University of Ghana, Accra, and Bangladesh University of Professionals, Dhaka. Before his appointment as the new CDS, Major General Irabor was Chief of Training and Operations, Defence headquarters. The General was formerly the Theatre Commander of OPERATION LAFIYA DOLE, North-East Nigeria as well as Force Commander Multinational Joint Task Force in the Lake Chad Basin Area. The operations focused on Counter-Terrorism/Counterinsurgency.