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.
This was contained in a statement issued by the Acting Director of Defence Information, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, on Thursday, May 27, 2021.
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.
He replaces Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, who died last weekend in a plane crash at the Kaduna International Airport, along with 10 other military officers while on national assignment.