President Muhammadu Buhari have decorated the newly appointed Chief of Army Staff, Farouk Yahaya.
Yahaya was promoted from the rank of Major-General to the rank of Lieutenant-General following the decoration.
Recall that Buhari earlier appointed Yahaya as the new COAS following the death of Ibrahim Attahiru in a plane crash in Kaduna on May 21, 2021.
The ceremony was held on Wednesday before the commencement of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting.
In attendance are; the Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor; Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Isiaka Amao; Chief of Defence Intelligence, Major General Sunday Adebayo; Director-General, Department of State Service (DSS), Yusuf Bichi and the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba.
The event was also witnessed by members of the Cabinet as well as the Chairmen of Senate and House of Representatives Committee on Army.