Chief of Defence Staff, Lucky Irabor, on Sunday paid his first operational visit to the Theatre Command in Maiduguri, Borno State capital in Northeast Nigeria.
He was accompanied by the Chief of Army Staff, Ibrahim Attahiru, Chief of Air Staff, Isiaka Amao and the Chief of Naval Staff, Awwal Gambo.
Irabor, a major-general, along with his team, was received by Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, Farouq Yahaya; the General Officer Commanding, 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, Abdul Khalifa, and other principal staff officers of the Military Command and Control Centre at the Headquarters of the Air Task Force.
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Khalifa told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in an interview, that the CDS would be meeting with the other Service Chiefs, Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, Chiefs of Training and Operations from the Defence Headquarters, Army, Navy, Air Force and other field commanders, where they would be briefed on recent operations in the theatre.
The 7 Division GOC stated that the service chiefs would also pay courtesy visits to the Shehu of Borno, Abubakar Ibn-Garbai and Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno.
The service chiefs were appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari last Wednesday after he accepted the resignation of the erstwhile military chiefs.
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