To meet up with the established time line of bringing to a successful conclusion the fight against terrorism and insurgency in the country, the Nigerian Army has appointed a new Commander for #OperationLafiyaDole, He is Major General Yusha’u Mahmood Abubakar. Until this appointment, he was the Commander of Nigerian Army Armoured Corps. This was made known by the Nigerian Army through their twitter handle.
See below;
#BreakingNews #OperationLafiaDole gets new Commander 1/7
Cc@DefenceInfoNG @prnigeria
— Nigerian Army (@HQNigerianArmy) August 16, 2015
To meet up with the established time line of bringing to a successful conclusion the fight against terrorism and insurgency, 2/7
— Nigerian Army (@HQNigerianArmy) August 16, 2015
the #NA has appointed a new Commander for #OperationLafiyaDole He is Major General Yusha’u Mahmood Abubakar. 3/7
— Nigerian Army (@HQNigerianArmy) August 16, 2015
Until this appointment, he was the Commander of Nigerian Army Armoured Corps. 4/7
— Nigerian Army (@HQNigerianArmy) August 16, 2015
Although it is a unified command coordinating 3 and 7 Divisions of the Nigerian Army as well as other elements of #OperationLafiyaDole 5/7
— Nigerian Army (@HQNigerianArmy) August 16, 2015
One important point to also note is that this is the first time the #NA in its history is deploying Corps Headquarters in the field. 6/7
— Nigerian Army (@HQNigerianArmy) August 16, 2015
The appointment is with immidiate effect
7/7#SK
— Nigerian Army (@HQNigerianArmy) August 16, 2015
