By Andy Asemota
President Muhammad Buhari has requested the confirmation of Major General Farouk Yahaya as the Chief of Army Staff of the  Armed Forces of the Federation by the Senate.

Buhari in a letter to the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, expressed confidence that the request would be given the usual expeditious manner while assuring the Red Chamber of his highest consideration.

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Recall that the President had last Thursday appointed Yahaya as the CoAS barely a week after the demise of the former CoAS, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, and 10 others in a military plane crash in Kaduna penultimate Friday.

Yahaya, a member of the 37th Regular Course of the Nigerian Defence Academy was until his appointment, the Theatre Commander, Operation Had in Kai, an outfit for counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency operations in the North East.