PRESIDENT BUHARI APPOINTS FAROUK YAHAYA AS THE NEW CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF (COAS)
President Mohammadu Buhari has appointed Major General Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff.
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 Counter terrorism Counter Insurgency military outfit in the North East code-named Operation HADIN KAI.
Recall that the former Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Attahiru Ibrahim, died alongside 11 other Military officers in a plane crash at the Kaduna International Airport, Kaduna, on Friday May 21.
Follow us on Twitter and get exclusive news as it breaks
Comments