President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Major-General Farouk Yahaya as the new chief of army staff.
Yahaya, will replace Ibrahim Attahiru who died in a military plane crash alongside 10 other officers last week Friday.
This was made known by Onyema Nwachukwu, acting director of defence information, in a statement on Thursday.
Yahaya was the former general officer commanding 1 Division of the Nigerian army.
Before his appointment, he was the theatre commander of the counter-terrorism military outfit in the north-east which is code-named operation Hadin Kai.
