Nigerian President Muhammad Buhari has appointed Farouk Yahaya, a major general, as the new Nigerian Chief of army staff.
This was contained in a statement by the acting Director of Defence Information, Onyema Nwachukwu.
Mr Yahaya replaces Ibrahim Attahiru, a lieutenant general, who died in an air crash alongside 10 other officers and men of the army, last week.
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.
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