Thursday, 27 May 2021: President Muhammad Buhari on Thursday announced the appointment of Major General Farouk Yahaya, as the new chief of army staff.

This was contained in a statement by the acting Director of Defence Information, Onyema Nwachukwu.

Yahaya replaces Ibrahim Attahiru, a lieutenant general, who died in an air crash alongside 10 other officers and men of the army, last week.

Until his appointment, the new army chief was the Theatre Commander of Operation Hadin Kai, the counter insurgency operation in the North-east.

See the Defence headquarters press release on the appointment: