The newly appointed Acting Chief of Army Staff, Maj.-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, assumed office on Friday.
President Bola Tinubu had on Wednesday appointed Oluyede as Acting COAS, pending when the substantive COAS, Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, returns from medical leave.
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Lagbaja has been away on medical leave for about a month in an undisclosed hospital abroad and said to be recuperating.
See pictures below, capturing moments when the Acting Chief of Army Staff assumed office: