Following the confirmation of his appointment last week by the National Assembly, Lt.-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede officially assumed command as the 24th Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS) on Monday.
Oluyede was appointed by President Bola Tinubu on Oct. 30 in acting capacity as th COAS following the death of his predecessor, Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja.
However following the confirmation of his appointment by the Senate and the House of Representatives, the Nigerian Army on Monday, performed a symbolic lowering and hoisting of command flag at Army Headquarters to signify Oluyede’s assumption of office.
The symbolic lowering and hoisting of the command flag which signified the beginning of his tenure.
Until his appointment, Oluyede was the 56th Commander of the elite Infantry Corps of the Nigerian Army, based in Jaji, Kaduna.
The 56-year-old Oluyede and Lagbaja were course mates and members of the 39th Regular Course of the Nigeria Defence Academy (NDA).
He was commissioned a second lieutenant in 1992, effective from 1997 and rose to the rank of Major General in September 2020.
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, had on Nov. 1, handed him the insignia of office in an unusual fashion in line with the Armed Forces Act.
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