Following President Muhammadu Buhari’s appointment of Major General Faruk Yahaya as the new chief of army staff (COAS), the careers of 30 generals in the Nigerian Army may be about to come to an end.
President Buhari chose Major General Yahaya to replace the late COAS, Lt-Gen Ibrahim Attahiru, who died in military plane crash along with 10 other military officers on May 21, 2021 in Kaduna.
Major General Yahaya is a member of Course 37 of the Nigeria Defence Academy (NDA) while his predecessor was a member of Course 35.
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