COAS appointment: No mass retirement in Army–Defence HQ |

COAS appointment: No mass retirement in Army–Defence HQ |

Nigerian Defence Headquarters PHOTO: Twitter

The Nigerian Defence Headquarters says speculations that there is mass retirement of some generals in the Nigerian Army following the appointment of Maj.-Gen. Farouk Yahaya as Chief of Army Staff (COAS) is not true.

The Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brig.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, stated this while briefing newsmen on Thursday in Abuja.|

Onyeuko said that the retirement of senior officers from the military was always voluntary, adding that the military high command has yet to authorise the retirement of any officer.

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