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Buhari appoints Faruk Yahaya as new Chief of Army Staff

Buhari appoints Faruk Yahaya as new Chief of Army Staff

By Shile GIWA

 

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Maj.-Gen. Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff.

The Acting Director, Defence Information, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, announced this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja.

Prior to his appointment, Yahaya was the General Officer Commanding 1 Division of the Nigerian Army and the Theatre Commander of a military counter-terrorism unit in the North East code named Operation HADIN KAI.

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