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On 26 November 2012, I was the lead speaker at the annual Chief of Army Staff Conference in Asaba, Delta State. I spoke on ‘Terrorism and Inter-Agency Coordination in Nigeria’. While congratulating me later that night, one of the Generals ‘confessed’ that when some of them learnt about my invitation, they kicked against ‘a small […]
Continue ReadingGeneral Lucky Irabor wrote a book that attracted a gathering of Generals in Abuja last Friday. Irabor, in the book, describes the January 1966 coup as “a shield that became a sword;” a solution that became a problem. He may be right. Bishop Matthew Kukah, who reviewed the book, described the January 1966 coup as […]
Continue Reading“It is not titles that honour men but men that honour titles.” ―Niccolo Machiavelli Sometimes in the 1980’s or 1990’s a troubling fact came to light from a retired army officer based on statistics to the effect that Nigeria has the highest number of retired generals in the world. Much more than Israel, Soviet Union, […]
Continue ReadingSpeaking with The Sun, a former Oyo state governor, retired Major General David Jemibewon has tried to give his reasons why some Generals are opposing president Buhari especially his 2019 ambition. He stated: “Personally, I feel that governance is not an easy thing but there are times that you just need to do the right thing […]
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