 The newly appointed chief of army staff, Major General for Ruk Yahya, has assumed the leadership of the Nigerian army as the 22nd chief of army staff. President Mohammad Bahari has approved the appointment of Yahya following the death of late chief of army staff Lieutenant General Ibrahim Atahiro in a plane crash on May 21 in Ceduna. The new chief of army staff was on till his appointment, the Tietha commander operation had in Cai. The military countered certainty operation in the North East. Yahya had earlier visited the chief of defense staff General Lockheed Rabbo before coming to the army at quarters for taking over ceremony.