serviceyears branch commands predecessor successor allegiance office battles birth_date term_start rank article_title term_end name alma_mater
1981 -- '' nigerian army '' multinational joint task force maj-gen . kenneth minimah brig-gen . e. ransome-kuti maj-gen . iliya abbah nigeria chief force of army staff commander , multinational joint task boko haram insurgency war 24 november 1960 july 2015 may 2014 lieutenant general tukur yusuf buratai
 july 2015 tukur yusuf buratai nigerian defence academy
tukur yusuf buratai

lieutenant general tukur yusuf buratai -lrb- november 24 , 1960 -- -rrb- is the current chief of army staff of nigeria appointed on july 13 , 2015 by president muhammadu buhari
