Farouk Yahaya assumes command as 22nd Chief of Army Staff

MAJOR General Farouk Yahaya today assumed command as the 22nd Chief of Army Staff at army headquarters, Abuja.

Yahaya was appointed on Thursday by President Muhammdu Buhari to replace the late Lt. General Ibrahim Attahiru who died alongside 10 other military officers when a Beachcraft 350 aircraft crashed at the Kaduna International Airport on May 21.

Yahaya thus becomes the third army chief in

He paid his final respects to his predecessor according to a tweet by the Nigerian Army.

The new army chief signed the condolence register at the headquarters’ theatre command of Operation Hadin Kai, Maimalari Cantonment, Maiduguri, Borno State.

“The new Chief of Army Staff, Maj Gen Farouk Yahaya pays his last respect to his predecessor, late Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru after signing the condolence register at HQ Theatre Command of Operation HADIN KAI, Maimalari Cantonment, Maiduguri, Borno State,” the Nigerian Army tweeted.