President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Senate to confirm the appointment of Major General Farouk Yahaya, as the Chief of Army Staff.
Buhari, in a letter to the President of the Senate, urged the federal lawmakers to give his request, expeditiously.
Recall that the President had appointed Major General Farouk Yahaya as the Chief of Army Staff on Thursday, 27, May 2021, to replaces Lt General Ibrahim Attahiru, who died in an air crash last Friday, alongside 10 other officers.
This was contained in a statement signed and released by the military spokesperson, Brigadier-General Onyema Nwachukwu.
The statement reads, “Prior to his appointment Major-General Yahaya was the General Officer Commanding 1 Division of the Nigerian Army and the incumbent Theatre Commander of the Counter terrorism Counter Insurgency military outfit in the North East code-named Operation HADIN KAI.”
InsideOjudu also reported that Major General Faruk Yahaya had on Friday, 28, May 2021 resumed officially as the Chief of Army Staff of Nigeria.