(VIDEO) Defence Chief Calls for Teamwork as Army Chief Assumes Office

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Nigerian Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa has called on the Military High Command to work as a team to secure the country peacefully.

The Defence Chief made the call during the formal taking over ceremony of the newly appointed Acting Chief of Army Staff, Major General Olufemi Oluyede in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital.

The CDS noted that it is unprecedented to have an acting Chief of Army Staff when there is a substantive Chief of Army Staff who unfortunately is indisposed.

General Christopher Musa stressed that Major General Oluyede will act untill the President of the country decides otherwise.

He congratulated him on his appointment as he implored him not to rest on his laurels in assuring that he justified the confidence imposed on him by the President, Commander-in-Chief.

In his remark, after the completion of the signing of the taking over notes, completed, General Olukayode promised to hold sway as acting COAS till the return of Lieutenant General Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja who is the substantive Chief of Army Staff.

The Acting Chief of Army Staff solicited prayers for Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, speedy recovery and safe return to complete the excellent job we have started.

Until his appointment, Acting Chief of Army Staff 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 members of the 39th Regular Course.

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

Source: Swifteradio.com