President Muhammadu Buhari today decorated the new Chief of Army Staff with his new rank at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Major General Farouk Yahaya being decorated with his new rank as the new Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General
Major General Farouk Yahaya now Lieutenant General Farouk Yahaya, the decoration ceremony was witnessed by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) andInspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali.
President Mohammed Buhari and the new Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Farouk Yahaya and his wife today in the state house along with CDS Major General Lucky Irabor and Inspector General of Police
OBSERVERS TIMES recallSeven days after the demise of a fatal plane crash of former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Ibrahim Attahiru, 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 incumbent Theatre Commander of the Counter-Terrorism/Counter-Insurgency military outfit in the North East, code-named Operation Hadin Kai.
President Mohammed Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osibanjo SAN today decorated Chief of Army staff to the rank of Lieutenant General
He took over from Major General Olusegun Adeniyi as Theatre Command Operation Lafiya Dole on March 31 2020, before it was renamed Operation Hadin Kai by late Ibrahim Attahiru last Month, April 2021.