President Buhari appoints new service chiefs

The President, Muhammadu Buhari has appointed new service chiefs to head the Nigeria Military defence.

This is coming after he accepted the immediate resignation of service chiefs and their retirement from Service.

The new service chiefs are:

Major General Leo Irabor-Chief of Defence Staff
Major General I Attahiru- Chief of Army Staff
Rear Admiral A Z Gambo-Chief of Naval Staff
Air Vice Marshal I O Amao- Chief of Air Staff

This announcement was contained in a statement issued by the special adviser to the president on media and publicity, Femi Adesina.

The President congratulated the new service chiefs and urged them to be loyal and dedicated in the discharge of their responsibilities.

In the same vein,he thanked the outgoing service chiefs for what he calls their “overwhelming achievements in effort at bringing enduring peace to the country”.