{"id":81210,"date":"2021-05-27T14:47:03","date_gmt":"2021-05-27T13:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=81210"},"modified":"2021-05-27T14:47:03","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T13:47:03","slug":"buhari-snubs-south-east-appoints-kinsman-yahaya-as-chief-of-army-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/buhari-snubs-south-east-appoints-kinsman-yahaya-as-chief-of-army-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Buhari snubs South East, appoints kinsman, Yahaya as Chief of Army Staff\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1700917773537608450\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Against the expectations of most Nigerians that someone from the South East should be included in the echelon of the Nigerian military, President Muhammadu Buhari has once more snubbed the zone today by appointing Major General Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff (COAS).<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The new COAS will replace the recently demised, General Ibrahim Attahiru who died in a fatal plane crash en-route Kaduna State along with other senior officers and crew members.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nUntil his present appointment, he was GOC Div. 1 and the incumbent Theatre Commander of the Counterterrorism Counter Insurgency military outfit in the North East code-named Operation HADIN KAI<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Major General Benjamin Ahanotu who happens to be highest ranking officer is unfortunately\u00a0from the South East and in line with the Buhari led administration to undermine the zone overlooked the officer for his kinsman.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Against the expectations of most Nigerians that someone from the South East should be included in the echelon of the Nigerian military, President Muhammadu Buhari has once more snubbed the&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":81211,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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