Nigeria, March 27 -- The Chief of Air Staff, Oladayo Amao, has said he and his navy and army counterparts have agreed to subject themselves to the leadership of the Chief of Defence Staff, Lucky Irabor.

The air force chief stated this during an inspection tour at the Tactical Air Command in Makurdi, Benue State on Friday.

He said as it is in every part of the world, the army, air force and navy will henceforth be subordinates of the defence headquarters.

He said the defence headquarters is responsible for the command and control of the entire armed forces of Nigeria .

He added that all ongoing joint operations and Joint Task Forces are directly subordinated to the defence headquarters and their commanders report directly to the CDS. ...