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Build on Attahiru’s legacy, Irabor tells new Chief of Army Staff
The Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, has urged
the new Chief of Army Staff, Major General Farouk Yahaya, to build on the
legacy of his predecessor, the late Lt General Ibrahim Attahiru.
Yahaya was appointed COAS following the death of Attahiru
and 10 other military officers in a plane crash in Abuja on May 21.
He was today hosted by Irabor at the Defence Headquarters
(DHQ), Abuja after assuming the duty of COAS.
According to the Acting Director Defence Information,
Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, “The CDS congratulated Maj Gen Yahaya on