Soldiers of the Nigerian Army on Thursday celebrated the
appointment of Major General Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff,
COAS.
President Muhammadu Buhari had appointed Yahaya as the new
COAS following the death of Ibrahim Attahiru in a plane crash in Kaduna last
week Friday.
Yahaya’s appointment was made public on Thursday in a
statement by the Defence Headquarters.
The new COAS was the General Officer Commanding, GOC, 1
Division of the Nigerian Army and the incumbent Theatre Commander of the
Counter-Terrorism Counter Insurgency military outfit in the North East,
codenamed Operation HADIN KAI.
In a video, the soldiers who congregated in front of the
Headquarters of the Theatre of Commander were seen jubilating upon the mention
of Yahaya as the new Army Chief.
Addressing the soldiers, a senior officer urged the men to
pray for the new COAS for “Allah’s protection.”
A Twitter user @Abbakar1030 shared the video on the
micro-blogging site.
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