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Days after the Kaduna crash, President Buhari Appoints Farouk Yahaya as new COAS

Published by Naijacruise on May 28th, 2021.

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has appointed Major-General Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff.
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This is according to a statement signed and released on Thursday by military spokesperson, Brigadier-General Onyema Nwachukwu. His appointment came barely six days after the former Chief of Army Staff, Attahiru Ibrahim, and 10 officers lost their lives in a plane crash in Abuja.
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“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,” the statement added.