![Farouk Yahaya [Photo Credit: BBC]](https://i0.wp.com/media.premiumtimesng.com/wp-content/files/2021/06/BBC.jpg?resize=350%2C250&ssl=1)
Senate receives Buhari’s request to confirm Farouk Yahaya as COAS
Mr Yahaya was appointed the new Chief of Army Staff on May 27.
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Mr Yahaya was appointed the new Chief of Army Staff on May 27.
![Major General Farouk Yahaya [Photo Credit: Channels TV]](https://i0.wp.com/media.premiumtimesng.com/wp-content/files/2021/05/Channels-TV-e1622120291386.png?resize=326%2C250&ssl=1)
Farouk Yahaya, a major general, replaces Ibrahim Attahiru, who died in a military plane crash on May 21.