 President Mohamadubwari has appointed Major General Farooq Yahya as the new chief of army staff. This is according to a statement signed and released by military spokesperson Brigadier General Uyema Wanchuku. Prior to his appointment, Major General Yahya was the general officer commanding one division of the Nigerian army and the incument theater commander of the counter-terrorism military outfit in the northeast, codenamed Operation Hadin Kai. His appointment comes days after the immediate past army chief, Lieutenant General Ibrahim Atahiru, died in a kaduna air crash along with 10 other military officials.