JUST IN: REPS CONFIRM OLUYEDE AS SUBSTANTIVE CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF
The House of Representatives on Thursday confirmed Lit-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede as the substantive Chief of Army Staff.
This came after he was screened on Wednesday by the Joint Committees on Defence and Army.
The committee chairman, Babajimi Benson, submitted the report during plenary and urged the House to confirm Oluyede, a prayer granted at the session presided over by the Deputy Speaker, Benjamin Kalu.
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Recall that Oluyede was nominated by President Bola Tinubu as the Acting COAS due to the ill health of the former Chief of Army Staff, Taoreed Lagbaja, who later passed away.
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