Nigerian Senate on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of the new service chiefs following the consideration of the report of the Committee on Defence which recommended their confirmation.
The new service chiefs are Maj. Gen. Lucky Eluonye Onyenuchea lrabor as Chief of Defence Staff; Maj. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru (Chief of Army Staff); Rear Admiral Awwal Zubairu Gambo, (Chief of Naval Staff); and Air Vice Marshal Isiaka O. Amao as Chief of Air staff.
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, had on Wednesday, penultimate week, referred the request of the President, Muhammadu Buhari, for the confirmation of the new service chiefs, to the Committee on Defence.
Lawan, gave the committee, led by Senator Aliyu Wamakko, two weeks to carry out their assignments and report to the Senate in plenary.
The red chamber confirmed their appointments both at the committee of the whole and at plenary on Tuesday following the Wamakko report’s consideration.
Buhari eventually appointed these service chiefs following the outcry of Nigerians that he should replace the old ones.