JUST-IN: Buhari receives new Guards Brigade commander

January 20, 2023 Adminn LATEST NEWS 0

PRESIDENT BUHARI RECEIVES FMR AND NEW COMMANDER BRIGADE OF GUARDS 7A&B. L-R; CHANGE OF COMMAND: The New Commander Brigade of Guards, Brig General Aminu Moh'd Umar, President Muhammadu Buhari, the former Commander Brigade of Guard, Maj Gen Muhammed Takuti Usman and Aide-de-camp (ADC) to the President, Col Yusuf Dodo during the introduction of the New Commander Brigade of Guards to the President at the State House. PHOTO; SUNDAY AGHAEZE. JAN 20TH 2023.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday received the new Brigade of Guards Commander, Brigadier General AM Umar.

Umar takes over from Brigadier General Mohammed Usman who was transferred a fortnight ago.

The Nigerian Army on January 7 redeployed senior officers for “administrative and operational efficiency”.

The Presidential Guards Brigade is an elite Army unit responsible for protecting the President.

The members guard the residence of the President, his guests and perform ceremonial duties.

Some soldiers attached to the group were on July 24 ambushed along the Kubwa-Bwari road in Abuja.

Their intervention foiled the attempt by terrorists to invade the Nigerian Law School and Veritas University, both in Bwari.