President Buhari Names Farouk Yahaya New Chief Of Army Staff
President Mohammadu Buhari has appointed Major General Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff (COAS).
Major Gen Yahaya’s appointment came to be after the demise of former Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru in a military plane crash.
Acting Director Defence Information, Onyema Nwachukwu, Brigadier General, confirmed his appointment in a brief statement sent out 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.
