President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Maj-Gen. Farouk Yahaya, as the new Chief of Army Staff (COAS) with immediate effect. Acting Director, Defense Information, Brig-Gen Onyema Nwachukwu in a statement Thursday in Abuja disclosed the new military appointment. Before Yahaya’s appointment he was the General Officer Commanding 1 Division of the Nigerian Army and the incumbent of the Theatre Commander of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) in the Northeast. He had been leading the counter-insurgency and terrorism operations over a year in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states.
