President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday appointed Major General Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Amry Staff.
His appointment comes a few days after the death of his predecessor, Lt. General Ibrahim Attahiru, who died alongside 10 other military officers in a plane crash in Kaduna last Friday.
Shortly after he was announced as the new COAS, the Nigerian Army released Farouk Yahaya’s profile in a statement signed by the Acting Director Defence Information, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu.
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The statement read, “The new Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Major General Farouk Yahaya was born on 5 January 1966 in Sifawa, Bodinga Local Government Area of Sokoto state. Maj Gen Yahaya who is a member of the 37 Regular Course of the prestigious Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), started his cadet training on 27 September 1985 and was commissioned into the Nigerian Army Infantry Corps on 22 September 1990. Maj Gen Yahaya has held several appointments including Staff, Instructional and Command.
“Notable among the appointments held by the new COAS are Garrison Commander Headquarters Guards Brigade, Directing Staff at the Armed Forces Command and Staff College (AFCSC), Deputy Director Army Headquarters Department of Military Secretary, Deputy Director Army Research and Development and the Chief of Staff, Headquarters Joint Task Force Operation Pulo Shield.
Major General Farouk Yahaya hails from Zamfara State and is a proud holder of several honours and awards, some of which include, Forces Service Star, Meritorious Service Star, Distinguished Service Star, Grand Service Star, Passed staff course (Dagger), National DefenceCourse (Chile), Economic Community of West Africa State Monitoring Group Medal, Command Medal, Field Command Medal, General Operations Medal, Silver Jubilee Medal and Golden Jubilee Medal. He is happily married and blessed with children.
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