Peter Ogidi-Oke’s 1st official assignment as Nigeria’s HC to Rwanda was to attend a military function in Kigali.
“When [the Rwandan] soldiers saw me, they started hailing me – Igwe! Igwe!” he recalls.
He was curious.
“We are Nigerian-trained officers!”
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“When [the Rwandan] soldiers saw me, they started hailing me – Igwe! Igwe!” he recalls.
He was curious.
“We are Nigerian-trained officers!”
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Patrick Nyamvumba, Rwanda’s chief of defence staff at the time, is a graduate of the Nigerian Defence Academy.
Ghana’s current Chief of Defence Staff, Vice Adm Seth Amoama was a member of Course 21 (2013) of the National Defence College, Abuja - & best all-round graduating student.
In 2019 (he was Navy Chief then) President Buhari presented him with the NDC’s Distinguished Alumnus award.
In 2019 (he was Navy Chief then) President Buhari presented him with the NDC’s Distinguished Alumnus award.
Every year, dozens of military cadets and officers from across Africa and beyond come to Nigeria to train at the NDA and NDC and others. A long-established tradition.
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In this way Nigeria has quite a strong military footprint across the continent. Apart from the training of foreign military officers, Nigerian military officers have at various times led the militaries of Gambia, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
Brig Gen Maxwell Khobe(RIP) was a much-loved Chief of Defence Staff of Sierra Leone,1998–2000
Cols Abubakar Dada and Lawan Gwadabe were Chiefs of Staff of the Gambian Army, early 90s
Gen Suraj Alao Abdurrahman (RIP) was Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of Liberia 2007–2014.
Cols Abubakar Dada and Lawan Gwadabe were Chiefs of Staff of the Gambian Army, early 90s
Gen Suraj Alao Abdurrahman (RIP) was Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of Liberia 2007–2014.
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