Nigerian Senate PHOTO: Twitter/Nigerian Senate
President Muhammadu has written the Senate seeking its confirmation of Maj.-Gen. Farouk Yahaya as Chief of Army Staff (COAS). x
Buhari’s request is contained in a letter to the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan and read during Tuesday’s plenary.
The letter reads: I hereby forward for confirmation by the Senate, the appointment of Maj.-Gen. Farouk Yahaya as the Chief of Army Staff of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“His CV is herewith attached. It is my hope that the Senate will consider and confirm the nominee in the usual expeditious manner.
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New COAS, Farouk Yahaya, pays final respects to Attahiru
The new Chief of Army Staff, Major General Farouk Yahaya,
has paid his final respects to his predecessor, the late Lt. General Ibrahim
Attahiru.
According to the official Twitter account of the Nigerian
Army, Farouk did this by signing the condolence register at the HQ Theatre
Command of Operation HADIN KAI, Maimalari Cantonment, Maiduguri, Borno State.
“The new Chief of Army Staff, Maj Gen Farouk Yahaya pays his
last respect to his predecessor, late Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru after
signing the condolence register at HQ Theatre Command of Operation HADIN KAI,
Garba Shehu
Published 26 May 2021
Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, has explained why his principal, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) didn’t attend the burial of his late Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, in Abuja on Saturday.
According to Shehu, the President stayed away from the burial because he didn’t want to inconvenience road users.
The Presidential aide spoke on Tuesday while featuring on an Arise TV programme monitored by
The PUNCH.
The PUNCH had earlier reported that the President was under fire last weekend when he was conspicuously absent from the burial at Attahiru.