The Senate on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of Major General Farouk Yahaya, as the new Chief of Army Staff.
The red chamber took the decision following the consideration of the report of its joint committee on Defence and Army led by senators Aliyu Wamakko and Ali Ndume.
The President of the Senate had on June 2, referred the request of President Muhammadu Buhari, for Yahaya’s confirmation to the committees.
The Defence Committee which is chaired by Wamakko was mandated to be the lead panel to screen the newly appointed Army Chief.
President Buhari had earlier elected Major-General Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff following the death of the former Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant-General Attahiru Ibrahim who died in a Kaduna air-crash along with 10 other military officials.
