Nigerian Army Appoints Maj-Gen Mahmood Abubakar As New #OperationLafiyaDole Commander. (Details)

Farouk Mohammed August 16, 2015

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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.

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#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