President Muhammadu Buhari appoints Major General Farouk Yahaya as the new chief of Army staff after Lt. Gen Attahiru died in an air crash.
Prior to his appointment Maj Gen 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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