BEVERLY HILLS, March 02, (THEWILL) –The Senate has confirmed the appointment of the country’s four new service chiefs.
Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, had on Wednesday, referred the request of President Buhari for the confirmation of the new service chiefs, to the Committee on Defence.
The Senate confirmed their appointments at plenary on Tuesday following consideration of the report of the Senator Aliyu Wamakko led-committee.
The new service chiefs are: Maj. Gen. Lucky Eluonye Onyenuchea lrabor as Chief of Defence Staff; Maj. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru (Chief of Army Staff); Rear Admiral Awwal Zubairu Gambo (Chief of Naval Staff); and Air Vice Marshal Isiaka O. Amao as Chief of Air staff.
They replaced the former Chief of Defence Staff, General Abayomi Olonisakin; Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai; Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok Ekwe Ibas; and Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar.
Lawan asked the new service chiefs to take the war to the bandits and insurgents and dislodge them from their strongholds
