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Just in: Tinubu appoints Major General Oluyede as acting Chief of Army Staff

Just in: Tinubu appoints Major General Oluyede as acting Chief of Army Staff

President Bola Tinubu has appointed Major General Olufemi Olatubosun Oluyede as acting Chief of Army Staff (COAS).

Presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday.

He said Oluyede would serve as the COAS until the return of Lt. General Taoreed Lagbaja, who is currently indisposed and undergoing treatment abroad.

The statement read, “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, has appointed Major General Olufemi Olatubosun Oluyede as the acting Chief of Army Staff (COAS).

“Oluyede will act in the position pending the return of the indisposed substantive Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja.”

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