Major General Farouk Yahaya on Friday assumed command as the 22nd chief of army staff at army headquarters, Abuja.
Yahaya was appointed on Thursday by President Muhammadu Buhari to replace the late Lt. General Ibrahim Attahiru who died alongside 10 other military officers when a Beechcraft 350 aircraft crashed at the Kaduna International Airport on May 21.
Yahaya paid his final respects to his predecessor according to a tweet by the Nigerian Army.
The new army chief signed the condolence register at the headquarters’ theatre command of Operation Hadin Kai, Maimalari Cantonment, Maiduguri, Borno State.
“The new Chief of Army Staff, Maj Gen Farouk Yahaya pays his last respect to his predecessor, late Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru after signing the condolence register at HQ Theatre Command of Operation HADIN KAI, Maimalari Cantonment, Maiduguri, Borno State,” the Nigerian Army tweeted.
Yahaya was born on January 5, 1966, in Sifawa, Bodinga Local Government Area of Sokoto State.
A member of the 37 Regular Course of the prestigious Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), he started his cadet training on September 27, 1985 and was commissioned into the Nigerian Army Infantry Corps on September 22, 1990.
He has held several appointments including staff, instructional and command.
