
Nigeria's Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant-General Waidi Shaibu, on Wednesday announced a shake-up redeploying top military generals, which the army said was aimed at injecting renewed vigour into the fight against insecurity. According to Daily Trust, the changes include the removal of Major-General Abdulsalam Abubakar as Theatre Commander of Operation Hadin Kai, the military campaign against insurgency in the northeast, alongside other senior officer postings.
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