JUST IN: New service chiefs assume office, vow to intensify fight against insecurity

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Lt.-General Olufemi Oluyede, alongside the newly confirmed Service Chiefs, formally assumed duty on Thursday at the headquarters of their respective services in Abuja, pledging to strengthen the ongoing fight against terrorism, banditry, and other forms of criminality across the country.

Their resumption follows their unanimous confirmation by the National Assembly on Wednesday, marking the beginning of a new chapter in Nigeria’s military leadership.

They are: Lt.- General Olufemi Oluyede as Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Maj.-General Waidi Shaibu as Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Rear Admiral Idi Abbas as Chief of Naval Staff, CNS, and Air Vice Marshal Kennedy Aneke as Chief of Air Staff, CAS.

In his farewell address, the immediate past CDS General Christopher Musa urged the Officers and the personnel of the Armed forces of Nigeria, to cooperate with the incoming CDS, Gen Oluyede, in the national interest

Speaking during a brief handing and taking over ceremony, the new CDS, Lt.-General Oluyede, said: “Accountability, discipline, adequate welfare, loyalty and professionalism” would be the center stage of his leadership philosophy, while fight against banditry, terrorist and all forms of criminality would be pursued vigorously.

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(Nation)