President Muhammadu Buhari has decorated the Chief of Army Staff, Major-General Farouk Yahaya, with a new rank of Lieutenant General.
The ceremony took place on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, shortly before the commencement of the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC).
Buhari was assisted by the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, and wife of CoAS, Hajiya Salamatu Yahaya, to decorate him.
Present at the brief ceremony were some members of the FEC, including the Chief of Staff to the President, Professor Ibrahim Gambari; National Security Adviser (NSA), Major-General Babagana Monguno; Minister of Defence, Major-General Bashir Salihi Magashi; Chairman of the Senate Committee on Defence, Senator Ali Ndume; and wife of the Chief of Army Staff, Hajiya Salamatu Yahaya, among others.
Top military brass including the Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, Chief of the Air, Air Marshal Isiaka Amao, Chief of Defence Intelligence (CDI), Maj-
General Sunday Adebayo, DG Department of State Service (DSS), Yusuf Bichi, and the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba were also in attendance.
Yahaya was appointed following the death of late Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, who died in a military plane crash on May 21 along with ten other army officers and men.
Prior to his appointment, according to reports, the new army Chief served as the Theatre Commander of Operation Hadin Kai, a counter-insurgency operation in the north-east.
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