- The newly-appointed Chief Of Army Staff, Faruk Yahaya, has assumed office.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the newly-appointed Chief of Army Staff, Maj.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya has formally assumed office.
Yahaya assumed duty as Nigeria’s 22nd Chief of Army Staff at a ceremony held at the Army Headquarters in Abuja on Friday.
He was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday following the death of late Army Chief, Lt.-Gen Ibrahim Attahiru, who died in an ill-fated Nigerian Air Force plane at the Kaduna International Airport last Friday.
READ ALSO: BREAKING: Buhari Appoints New Chief Of Army Staff
However, EKO HOT BLOG gathered that the newly-appointed Chief Of Army Staff, on arrival, inspected the guard of honour at the sentry from where he proceeded to the conference room.
Yahaya further led others to observe a minute silence in honour of his late predecessor and 10 other military officers who died in the plane crash.
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE
Advertise or Publish a Story on EkoHot Blog:
Kindly contact us at [email protected]. Breaking stories should be sent to the above email and substantiated with pictorial evidence.
Citizen journalists will receive a token as data incentive.
Call or Whatsapp: 0803 561 7233, 0703 414 5611
