[BREAKING NEWS] New Chief Of Army Staff: Who Is Major General Farouk Yahaya Appointed By President Buhari?

New Chief Of Army Staff: Who Is Major General Farouk Yahaya Appointed By President Buhari?

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Major General Yahaya Farouk as the new Chief of Army Staff on Thursday. Yahaya's appointment comes about a week after former Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru died in a military plane crash in Kaduna, northwest of di kontri.

Who is Major General John? Prior to his appointment as COAS, Major General Farouk Yahaya bin was in charge of the fight against Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria, according to a statement issued at the headquarters. I once served as the first military commander. Major General Farouk Yahaya of the 37th regular course hails from Zamfara State. He was born on January 5, 1966 in Sifawa, present-day Bodinga Local Government Area of Zamfara State. He was admitted to the Nigerian Defense Academy, as a member of the 37th regular course in 1985 and graduated in September 1990 and later served in the military.

He earned a Bachelor of Arts in History and a Master's Degree in International Affairs and Diplomacy.

Major-General Farouk Yahaya was the Commander-in-Chief of the 1 Division of the Nigerian Army before handing over power to Major General Usman Mohammed in April 2020.

I later started working as the new commander of Operation Lafiya Dole (OPLD) in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State.

According to a report from the News Agency of Nigeria when he came to power in 2020, Major General Yahaya bin took over the post from Olusegun Adeniyi, a senior general, who was reassigned to the Nigerian Army Training Center as Chief Investigator. Prior to his appointment as the Commander-in-Chief of the 1 Division, Yahaya bin Lieutenant Commander of the 4th Brigade of the Nigerian Army.

In 2019, Yahaya led Operation CLEAN SWEEP in an operation to defeat the terrorists of Kuduru Forest in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area. While following public information, Oga Yahaya said they destroyed the terrorist camp for their work but five of the soldiers were injured.

Learn more about Major General Yahaya and his military career

Lieutenant 27th September 1990
Captain 27th September 1994
Major 27th September 1998.
Lieutenant Colonel 27th September 2003.
Colonel 27th September 2008
Brigadier General 27th September 2013
Major General 27th September 2017.

Appointments wey im hold include:

Platoon Commander 181 Mechanised Battalion.
Platoon Commander 82 Mechanised Battalion.
Company Second in Command 81 Battalion.
Aide de Camp to Kano State Administrator.
Company Second in Command 20 Battalion
Commanding Officer 7 Battalion.
General Staff Officer Grade 2 Army Headquarters Department of Training and Operations (Field Exercises).
Staff Officer Grade 2 (Administration) Headquarters Guards Brigade.
Staff Officer Grade 1 Headquarters Guards Brigade.
Garrison Commander, Guards Brigade.
Directing Staff, Armed Forces Command and Staff College.
Deputy Director Military Secretary 3, Department of Military Secretary (Army).
Deputy Director Military Secretary 2, Department of Military Secretary (Army).
Deputy Director Research and Development, Army Headquarters Department of Policy and Plans.
Chief of Staff, Headquarters, Operation Pulo Shield.
Deputy Military Secretary 1, Department of Military Secretary (Army).
Principal General Staff Officer to the Honourable Minister of Defence, Ministry of Defence.
Commander 4 Brigade Nigerian Army.
Commander 29 Task Force Brigade, Operation LAFIYA DOLE.
Director Manpower, Army Headquarters Department of Administration.
Military Secretary (Army), Department of Military Secretary (Army).
General Officer Commanding 1 Division Nigerian Army.
Theatre Commander, Operation LAFIYA DOLE.
Theatre Commander Operation HADIN KAI.

According to the military, Major General Farouk Yahaya married minors. Oga Yahaya is expected to be the country's new chief of staff to deliver on the president's promise to end the insurgency.