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President Tinubu appoints Major General Olufemi Olatubosun Oluyede as acting Chief of Army Staff

*President Tinubu appoints Major General Olufemi Olatubosun Oluyede as acting Chief of Army Staff*

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.

Until his appointment, Oluyede served as the 56th Commander of the elite Infantry Corps of the Nigerian Army, based in Jaji, Kaduna.

The 56-year-old Oluyede and Lagbaja were coursemates and of the 39th Regular Course.

He was commissioned a second lieutenant in 1992, effective from 1987. He rose to Major-General in September 2020.

Oluyede has held many commands since his commissioning as an officer. He was Platoon Commander and adjutant at 65 Battalion, Company Commander at 177 Guards Battalion, Staff Officer Guards Brigade, Commandant Amphibious Training School.

General Oluyede participated in several operations, including the Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) Mission in Liberia, Operation HARMONY IV in Bakassi, and Operation HADIN KAI in the North East theatre of operations, where he commanded 27 Task Force Brigade.

Oluyede has earned many honours for his meritorious service in various fields of operations. These include the Corps Medal of Honour, the Grand Service Star, ing the Staff Course, and hip in the National Institute.

Others are the Field Command Medal, the Field Command Medal of Honour, and the Field Training Medal.

Oluyede also received the coveted Chief of Army Staff Commendation Award.

He is married and has three children.

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Nigerian army is now a very sectional army .

Very local. Thank God there all alternatives incase of war or foreign invasion.

kettykin:
Nigerian army is now a very sectional army .

Very local. Thank God there all alternatives incase of war or foreign invasion.

So it was a national one before appointing this major general
It is only when your kith and kin are appointed that your insinuation will disappear,ehn?

Woaoo.....

What of Lagbaja our COAS ..? Very Good Man 🦸‍♀️

Great appointment.

No coup for the coup plotters.

A rabid enemy of democracy and the constitutional government will not be allowed near any critical structure of power.

Tinubu no trust Northerner s hahaha

..parapoism..

Okay

What happened to Lagbaja

This is a welcome development. General Olufemi Oluyede is a very gallant and competent officer who is well respected in the service. He will command the Army to the iration of all officers and men of the Nigeria Army.

LegendHero:
What happened to Lagbaja

I guess he’s incapacitated.

kettykin:
Nigerian army is now a very sectional army .

Very local. Thank God there all alternatives incase of war or foreign invasion.

You mean the ones Buhari was appointing or are you referring as far back to Obasanjo's government?

Starting from Yar'Adua, things have been very sectional in this country.

kettykin:
Nigerian army is now a very sectional army .

Very local. Thank God there all alternatives incase of war or foreign invasion.

Yes, it is now a sectional army.

What will you do about it? Are you not a Biafran?

Why are you concerned about another country issue?

kettykin:
Nigerian army is now a very sectional army .

Very local. Thank God there all alternatives incase of war or foreign invasion.

Must some of you wail about everything?

LegendHero:
What happened to Lagbaja

No be my mouth u go hear am. He's immobilised and can't walk, terminal illness and nobody knows when he'll recover.

Good for him...

Ebubu2:

No be my mouth u go hear am. He's immobilised and can't walk, terminal illness and nobody knows when he'll recover.

Omo this life na vanity.

Soldier go soldier come. We wish him quick recovery

Throwback:


Lol

..you dey laugh abi..ok..make una enjoy..hope you are also enjoying the parapoism..

Throwback:


Lol

When e reach Igbo turn to lead, unparapo the matter unlike the exploits of Azikiwe and NCNC during their alliance government with the NPC In the first republic independence government.

..no use Azikiwe & ncnc as excuse..to hide that thing.. cowardice...

..beat your chest for parapoism..

.leave the dead man alone & just parapo with the drug lord..

Throwback:
Great appointment.

No coup for the coup plotters.

A rabid enemy of democracy and the constitutional government will not be allowed near any critical structure of power.

Tinubu is Nigeria's enemy number one

kettykin:
Nigerian army is now a very sectional army .

Very local. Thank God there all alternatives incase of war or foreign invasion.

I guess you would have preferred General Simon Ekpa or one of his Biafran boys

Throwback:


You mean the ones Buhari was appointing or are you referring as far back to Obasanjo's government?

Starting from Yar'Adua, things have been very sectional in this country.

That's not true. Jonathan appointed Ihejirika as his army chief.

You people should stop making excuses for that thug who knows nothing about leadership.

A good appointment as long as he's replacing Gen Lagbaja from southwest.

Ebubu2:

No be my mouth u go hear am. He's immobilised and can't walk, terminal illness and nobody knows when he'll recover.

You already asserted it is a terminal illness, so wherefrom the talk about not knowing when he will recover?

mannobi:
A good appointment as long as he's replacing Gen Lagbaja from southwest.

Abi. Olukayode is from Zamfara state now

SmartPolician:

That's not true. Jonathan appointed Ihejirika as his army chief.

You people should stop making excuses for that thug who knows nothing about leadership.

Was that not his political section that he identified with, and they in turn identified with him also?

mannobi:
A good appointment as long as he's replacing Gen Lagbaja from southwest.

After Lagbaja, it is the turn of Tamedu.

ALTERNATEID:
This is a welcome development. General Olufemi Oluyede is a very gallant and competent officer who is well respected in the service. He will command the Army to the iration of all officers and men of the Nigeria Army.

A well decorated Officer in war field gallantry.

kettykin:
Nigerian army is now a very sectional army .

Very local. Thank God there all alternatives incase of war or foreign invasion.

Where you expecting Tinubu to appoint an Ndi IPOB ?

Tinubu na strong man.

Walahi!

Sule Lamido best described the Jagaban wey no send any baggar.

“We are working hard, but it is a huge task. It is going to be difficult with Tinubu, with his hold on the country, on the economy, and his audacity to say this is where I stand against Nigeria’s interest.

“It is something else. Tinubu is very daring; he is his own creation, he is a self-made man; what he went through on the streets.

“Look at how he was able to fight the Alliance for Democracy and Afenifere and then Obasanjo.

“At the APC convention, Buhari was against him but he defeated Buhari.

“What are you talking about? Don’t underestimate a man like that. Look at how he made it in life. He confronted all obstacles to get to where he is today, at the apex.

“There is no Nigerian like Tinubu who has been there on his own. Every established political arrangement, every institution, he demolished them.

“Now that he is in charge, he is not going to be easy to deal with. With Tinubu, Nigeria is a fiefdom, Tinubu is the emperor. And if you watch him closely, he doesn’t care.”