President Muhammad Buhari has appointed Major-General Farouk Yahaya, as the new Chief of Army Staff following the demise of immediate past military boss, Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru who lost his life alongside ten other officers in a plane crash last week
Penpushing reports that, the appointment of Yahaya was made known by the Acting Director of Defence Information, Onyema Nwachukwu in a statement made available of Thursday.
The new Chief of Army Staff, until his appointment was the Theatre Commander of Operation Hadin Kai, the counter insurgency operation in the North-East of the country
Penpushing further reports that Yahaya was born on 5 January 1966 in Sifawa, Bodinga Local Government Area of Sokoto State, and a member of the 37 Regular Course of the prestigious Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), started his cadet training on 27 September 1985 and was commissioned into the Nigerian Army Infantry Corps on 22 September 1990.
The profile has it that he has held several appointments including Staff, Instructional and Command, Garrison Commander Headquarters Guards Brigade, Directing Staff at the Armed Forces Command and Staff College (AFCSC), Deputy Director Army Headquarters Department of Military Secretary, Deputy Director Army Research and Development and the Chief of Staff, Headquarters Joint Task Force Operation Pulo Shield.
Penpushing also reports that,he served as the Principal General Staff Officer (PGSO) to the Minister of Defence, the Commander, Headquarters 4 Brigade and 29 Task Force Brigade (Operation Zaman Lafiya), and was also Director Manpower at the Army Headquarters, Military Secretary, Army Headquarters and General Officer Commanding (GOC) 1 Division of the Nigerian Army.
The new Chief of Army Staff is a proud holder of several honours and awards, some of which include, Forces Service Star, Meritorious Service Star, Distinguished Service Star, Grand Service Star, Passed staff course (Dagger), National Defence Course (Chile), Economic Community of West Africa State Monitoring Group Medal, Command Medal, Field Command Medal, General Operations Medal, Silver Jubilee Medal and Golden Jubilee Medal.
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