Breaking News: President Buhari Names Major General Farouk Yahaya As New Army Chief
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has named Major-General Farouk Yahaya as the new chief of army staff. Major General Yahaya, will replace the deceased Attahiru Ibrahim with immediate effect. Prior to this appointment, Major-General Yahaya was the Military Secretary, General Officer Commanding 1 Division of the Nigerian Army in Kaduna and the current theatre commander of Operation Lafia Dole in the North East, Nigeria Yahaya’s appointment comes six days after his predecessor Lt General Ibrahim Attahiru and ten other military personnel died in an air crash while on an official trip to Kaduna State. The military beliefs there must not be vacuum no matter what.