President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday announced the appointment of Maj. Gen. Olufemi Olatubosun-Oluyede as the acting Chief of Army Staff (COAS).
Tinubu, in a statement signed and issued by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Mr Bayo Onanuga, said Olatubosun-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, Olatubosun-Oluyede served as the 56th Commander of the elite Infantry Corps of the Nigerian Army, based in Jaji, Kaduna.
56-year-old Acting army boss and Lagbaja are coursemates and members of the 39th Regular Course.
He was commissioned a second lieutenant in 1992, effective from 1987, He became a Major-General in September 2020.
