President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Major-General Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff.
Yahaya replaces the late General Ibrahim Attahiru who recently died in a fatal plane crash en-route Kaduna State along with other senior officers and crew members.
A statement by Acting Director Defence Information Brig-Gen Onyema Nwachukwu said Major General Yahaya, before his appointment, was the General Officer Commanding 1 Division of the Nigerian Army and incumbent Theatre Commander of the Counter-Terrorism Counter Insurgency military outfit in the North East, code-named Operation HADIN KAI.
Major General Farouk Yahaya, who hails from Zamfara state is of Regular Course 37 of the Nigerian Defence Academy.
