Ibrahim Attahiru officially resumes duty as Chief of Army Staff

Major General Ibrahim Attahiru has resumed office as the new Chief of Army Staff, after Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai handed over to him on Thursday.

Major-General Ibrahim Attahiru has officially resumed as the new Chief of Army Staff, today. The new Army Chief succeeds Lieutenant-General Tukur Buratai, who retired from service earlier this week.

— Bashir Ahmad (@BashirAhmaad) January 28, 2021

During the ceremony at the Defence Headquarters in Abuja, Buratai urged military officers to cooperate with Attahiru.

Attahiru and Burutai

TopNaija reports that Buhari, on Tuesday, removed service chiefs and appointed a new set of officers to replace them.

Those newly appointed are Chief of Defence Staff, Major-General Lucky Irabor; Chief of Army Staff, Major-General I. Attahiru; Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral A.Z Gambo, and the Chief of Air Staff, Air-Vice Marshal Isiaka Amao.

Ibrahim Attahiru is from Kaduna North of Kaduna State, and a member of the Regular Course 35 of the Nigerian Defence Academy.

In 2017, he was ordered by the then Chief of Army Staff, Lt.Gen Tukur Yusuf Buratai to destroy Boko Haram and capture Abubakar Shekau, the leader dead or alive. He reportedly failed this mission and was removed from his post.