Major General Faruk Yahaya, on Friday officially resumed duties as the Chief of Army Staff of Nigeria.
InsideOjodu had reported on Thursday that President Muhammadu Buhari appointed Major General Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff.
Yahaya was appointed to replaces Lt General Ibrahim Attahiru, who died in an air crash last Friday, alongside 10 officers.
Yahaya took over as the nation’s 22nd Chief of Army Staff during a ceremony held at the Army Headquarters in Abuja.
On arrival, he first inspected the guard of honour at the sentry from where he proceeded to the conference room.
Before the commencement of the programme, he led others to observe a minute silence in honour of his late predecessor and 10 others who died in a plane crash last Friday.