BREAKING! ! President Buhari Appoints A New Chief Of Army Staff, See His Brief Biography

According to a fresh report, President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff (C. O. A. S). Farouk Yahaya replaces the late Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru who recently died in a plane crash in Kaduna, Northern part of Nigeria.

Prior to that, he was the Commander- in- Chief of Div 1 and the Commander of Operation Enduring Freedom in the North East.

President Muhammadu Buhari has however in the heat of the moment appoints Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff.

Yahaya, the incumbent Major General, will replace the late Attahiru Ibrahim immediately. Prior to his appointment, Yahaya was the Commander- in- Chief of the Div 1 of the Nigerian Army.

Who is Major General Yahaya Farouq?

According to the statement the Defense Headquarters released, Major Gen. Farouk Yahaya will become the General Officer Commanding 1 Division, Nigerian Army be he handed over power to Major Gen. Usman Mohammed in April 2020.

He later assumed duty to be the new Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole (OPLD) division in Maiduguri, Borno State.

He later assumed duty to be the new Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole (OPLD) division in Maiduguri, Borno State.

According to a report from a source, he assumed the position in 2020, while Major Gen. Yahaya took over the appointment from Olusegun Adeniyi, who was deployed to the Nigerian Army Resources Centre as a Senior Research Fellow.

Major General Yahaya was reportedly part of troop that destroyed some Bandit camp recently while some of the troops were seriously injured.

He also led the Operation CLEAN SWEEP for flush out bandits in Kuduru forest, Birnin Gwari Local Government Area.

According to the Nigerian Army Headquarters on Twitter, President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Major General Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff.

The Commander- in- Chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces, President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Major General Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff.

" Prior to his appointment, Major General Yahaya was the Commander- in- Chief of Div 1 of the Armed Forces and was the Commander of Operation Unity in the North East, " the statement said.

Major General Farouk Yahaya replaces the late Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, who was killed in a plane crash last Friday in Kaduna.