Re: [africanworldforum] Wilson Iguade: Re: 'Buhari's academic records intact' - Vanguard News
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Okey Iheduru
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Dear Prof Aluko:
Happy New Year! I trust you had a Merry Christmas.
I'm a bit puzzled at the (partisan?) rationalizations folks (including you) are making regarding General Buhari's non-compliance with INEC requirements for candidates for elective office to submit their certificates. Please reflect on and/or consider the following tit-bits:
1) In the 1960s when a certain cadet and two of his Northern Nigerian compatriots flunked their promotion exams at the Nigerian Military School, Zaria and were withdrawn from the school, the then Defense Minister, Alhaji Ribadu ordered the British Commandant to reinstate those cadets. The Commandant refused, and an incensed Minister Ribadu ordered the Commandant to leave Nigeria within 48 hours, and he did. The cadets were reinstated and went on to become Major-Generals and coup-plotters and destroyers of Nigerian fledgling democracy.
2) It is not true that cadets had to pass the GCE/WAEC to be admitted into foreign military academies--at least not for cadets from certain parts of the country in the 1960s, any way. There were very many that went on to become commissioned officers in the Nigerian Armed Forces who never had more than G-4 (Government Class Four) testimonial from their school Principals.
3) It is also not true, either, that all military officers who "passed through" local military academies in Nigeria must have passed their School Certificate before their admission. Here's why:
(a) Quite a number of serving officers today do not have their degrees from the Nigerian Defense Academy, Kaduna because they either never completed the required course work or did not have the requisite entry qualifications in the first place, contrary to the admissions criteria. NDA became a degree-awarding tertiary institution in 1985.
(b)Participants (students) who must be army Colonels or equivalent ranks in the Nigerian Air Force and the Nigerian Navy who pass their 48-month Strategic Studies Course at the National Defense College, Abuja at C+ or better grades (very rarely do they award B, let alone A grades) are selected to go on to the University of Ibadan for a six-months top-up course for the Master's degree in Strategic Studies. In 2013, the University of Ibadan rejected a number of these Participants/students because they did not have their School Certificate (particularly a credit pass in English) to the embarrassment of the military authorities in Abuja!
4) In July 2014, the son of a former Chief of Defense Staff (CDS) in Nigeria was shipped back to Nigeria from Pakistan's National Defense Academy with the rank of Sub-Lieutenant. He was in the third year of a four-year degree and commissioning course, but his hosts had had enough of his unruly behavior and they didn't want to jeopardize relations with their Nigerian counterparts by withdrawing him empty-handed (At NDA, Kaduna, you don't even get a transcript if you're withdrawn a week before graduation and commissioning!). Meanwhile, the lad's course mates were still Third-Termers (3rd Year cadets) at the Nigerian Defense Academy--and the brat insisted they must salute him because he's now an officer!. I'm not sure what became of him, but since he's already a COMMISSIONED officer, he's probably going to stay and possibly become a Rear Admiral (equv. Major-General) years from now.
From the foregoing, you can understand why I'm of the opinion that we should not sweep the issue of Maj-Gen Buhari's certificates under the rug. The fact that he has run for president on three previous occasions is irrelevant. What if no one at those times bothered to check his academic qualifications? Besides, it's ridiculous to argue that Military Board has his certificates. My guess is that even if they have the certificates, it would NOT be the originals. The onus is on Candidate Buhari and his supporters to put this matter to rest once and for all. Otherwise, it will stick harder than his Islamist and "indiscipline and corruption" public image.
Peace as always!
Okey
On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 7:15 PM, Wilson Iguade <igu...@hotmail.com> wrote:
--Ayo,Read yours again, you have nothing better to do with your time. Just because you are born to follow follow to the point of being a cultist does not make me so. Done with you utter foolishness.
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On Dec 30, 2014, at 8:04 PM, "'Ayo Ojutalayo' via AfricanWorldForum" <africanw...@googlegroups.com> wrote:--"All of these nit-pickings are silly school-boy one-up-manships and njakiri. Our country is in more serious trouble than certificate verification." . . . . Bolaji AlukoWilson,You "love and respect" VC Aluko, yet you disagree with his' above? You have just confirmed why you should be ignored. If you disagree with straight-forward, obviously-sensible statement of someone you love and respect, whose statement will you ever agree with?Ayo Ojutalayo
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Subject: Re: [africanworldforum] 'Buhari's academic records intact' - Vanguard News
In as much as I love VC Aluko, and respect him a lot. I dare say that Pastor Joe's analogy is very appropriate. I bring this up NOT for the benefit of VC Aluko, but for the benefits of those that look up to him.My concern (a reasonable one) is to ensure that best practices are applied. Every elections stands alone or is independent from others, thus the rules and guidelines for that election must be adhered to, as promulgated by the agency. So, if INEC says submit fresh application and documentation, just comply - no one forces anyone to serve or hold PUBLIC office. It MUST be done with FREE will and not with an attitude of doing the citizens a favor, which was deeply suggested when Buhari refused to comply with INEC's rules. God bless, and happy new year 2015. Peace! "I"
Sent from my iPhoneJoe:There is no point bringing up my university here. The analogy is inappropriate.If I don't respond to you here, you will think that you have scored a bull's eye. If I respond, there will be more openings.So I move on.....INEC has the credentials in question from 2011. All of these nit-pickings are silly school-boy one-up-manships and njakiri. Our country is in more serious trouble than certificate veriifcations.And there you have it.Bolaji Aluko--On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 11:49 PM, 'Joe Attueyi' via AfricanWorldForum <africanw...@googlegroups.com> wrote:--Prof AlukoIs that what applies in your Uni?The students who passed JAMB but were unsuccessful in your post JAMB test when reapplying simply tell your admissions dept that their school certificates 'are on file'?Joe
Sent from my IphoneTo view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/africanworldforum/CAORq2DCT1aCU7EmQtYyu25mp-BcqhfrG5otwijK3yMvQQLD9aQ%40mail.gmail.com.My People:All of the people in the following table in red who ran in 2011 should be able to tell INEC that their certificates (or certifications) are "ON FILE" with INEC,since they were cleared in 2011.And there you have it. We should really move on to more important issues other than burnt or lost certificates.Bolaji Aluko
‘Buhari’s academic records intact’
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/12/buharis-academic-records-intact/#sthash.M44G9htT.dpufBy Levinus NwabughioguABUJA – Head, Media and Publicity of the Buhari Support Organization, BSO, Dr. Chidia Maduekwe last night debunked the insinuations in most quarters of the society that the academic records of his principal and presidential candidate of All Progressive Congress, General Mohammdu Buhari was in doubt.Speaking with Vanguard, Maduekwue said it was a well orchestrated strategy by Buhari’s detractors to sway the minds of the public against him, assuring that they would not succeed.According to him, the opponents, he said were afraid of Buhari’s candidacy hence the smeared campaign against him.He wondered how a former military Head of State and three times Presidential candidate in previous elections would suddenly be found wanting in his academic qualifications.“There should be no iota of doubt about General Mohammadu Buhari’s qualification. The records are there. He was not just a school prefect but a Head Boy. In the ages past, you can not enter the military school if there is any questionable mark about your school certificate or WAEC result as it were.“So, that is clear. Your entry must be on acceptable pass mark before going to the military academy. Of course, the records are there both in Nigeria and outside Nigeria for anybody to cross check. We thank God we now live in the age of online.“You can google everything. I mean, he couldn’t have run the presidential election for three times…and each time his documentation must be assessed by INEC. But now is the first time they are coming up with that.You might also like
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Mobolaji Aluko
Dec 31, 2014, 4:05:18 AM12/31/14
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Okey:
Compliments of the season!
You are full of anecdotes, based on your "trucking" with military academia! Congratulations! :-)
Mine is not of partisanship, but actually of non-partisan-ship - application to all previously-cleared contestants - because I believe there is a lot of political nit-picking and games-manship
going on.
I am applying the same PRINCIPLE to ALL four persons who contested in 2011 - that having been cleared in 2011 by INEC, they should be able to claim that
their documents are "on file" with INEC. This particularly applies to Buhari, who is a three-time-going-to-fourth serial contestant. If INEC rejects that claim, that is
another matter entirely.
For me, this particular matter is a very trivial issue that should not engage us much.
Best wishes.
Bolaji Aluko
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This is pure rubbish! Which war did Maj-Gen Buhari command as a General? To equate Buhari with "Generals Colin Powell, a former chairman, U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff; Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe during World War II and one time U.S. President; Walter Bedell Smith, Eisenhower’s Chief of Staff at Allied Headquarters; James Peake, a former U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the 40th Surgeon General" is the height of folly, indeed.
Again, you can be a staunch Buhari partisan without padding his CV.
On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 7:50 AM, Imperial Merchant Trust Ltd <Imperi...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Buhari Listed Among World’s Top Army Generals
December 31, 2014 • By admin pmnewsGeneral Muhammadu Buhari, the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, has been ranked among the top 25 war generals by the famous U.S. Army War College Alumni.
Buhari is number six on the list. Others are: Generals Colin Powell, a former chairman, U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff; Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe during World War II and one time U.S. President; Walter Bedell Smith, Eisenhower’s Chief of Staff at Allied Headquarters; James Peake, a former U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the 40th Surgeon General of the country and Buhari, in that order.
Born in 1942 in Daura, Katsina State, Buhari was trained at the Nigerian Defence Academy, Mons Officer Cadet School, Aldershot, England and the U.S. War College which did the ranking.
One of the criteria for inclusion on the honours list, according to ranker.com is the people must “have gone to U.S. Army War College and be of some renown.”
This list is currently trending in the social media to counter the allegation that Buhari did not have any certificate and that he never passed his military examinations.
Others on the list are: John J. Pershing who led America’s Expeditionary Froces in World War I; Mark W. Clark who, in World War II, Commanded the Allied Fifth Army and Norman Schwarzkopf, who led the coalision forces in the Persian Gulf War.
Also included are Omar Bradley Anthony, Mc Auhffey, Walter Krugger, Lyman Lemnitzer, Richard Myers, Charles T. Menoher, Dean Johnson, Dwayne Alons, John Pappageorge, Walter Shorf and Hubert R. Harmon.
Jack Keane, Floyd Lavinius Parks, St. Clair Streeth, Scott Perry, Frank Corte Jr are also on the list.
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@Ayourb: Here is Buhari with no qualification? Oya read “@femiadebimpe: A man with no qualification? http://t.co/AhmSLltIuW https://twitter.com/Ayourb/status/550266560569688064Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.
Once again Buhari attended & graduated from the United States Army War College 1979-1980, graduates earn a Master's Degree in Strategic Studies.Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.
Sent from my iPhoneWilson:
If the certificate or degree awarded by the University is honorary, don't you think the University can withdraw it?
Vin Cool Breeze Otuonye
Subject: Re: [africanworldforum] Wilson Iguade: Re: 'Buhari's academic records intact' - Vanguard News
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CC: okeyi...@gmail.com; alu...@gmail.com; usaafric...@googlegroups.com; fut...@gmail.com; africanw...@googlegroups.com; NaijaP...@yahoogroups.com; Omo...@yahoogroups.com; naijain...@googlegroups.com; niger...@yahoogroups.com; Raay...@yahoogroups.com; YanA...@yahoogroups.com; NIgerianW...@yahoogroups.com; NaijaO...@yahoogroups.com; esan_co...@yahoogroups.com; okonkwo...@googlegroups.comI don't understand, how can a university withdraw a certificate? Am assuming one attended classes or completed the courses, passed the examination - I mean go through the process before earning a certificate. So, how does a university (as indicated below) threaten to "withdraw" a certificate, makes no sense to me, unless the university issued it in error to begin with, and if so why the threat, just correct the mistake and take back the certificate. 9ja sef, nothing is straight there! Hehehe!
Sent from my iPhoneIf ones memory serves one right, I remember that a certain university in the Lagos area recently published its intent to "withdraw" academic certificates of some of its alumni. And a certain VC in a follow-up online discussion perhaps jokingly "threatened" to cause the "withdrawal" of some other persons certificate hereabouts. Could it be that some of these political candidates may have had their certificates "withdrawn" at some point? Or is it that these certificates never existed? Just curious.
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Dear asukuj:
You can be a staunch Buhari partisan without misinforming the public--thereby suggesting that you're simply "padding" your principal's resume.
At the time Maj-Gen Buhari attended the US Army War College, it was NOT a degree-awarding institution. It was only in 2010 or so with the reorganization of the US military institutions (that made the National Defense University the apex military school) that graduates from US Army War College began to obtain degrees--if they write the Master's thesis. Most foreign students (many of whom are on a slightly different track) choose NOT to work for and/or earn the master's degree.
Besides, nomination to study abroad by Nigerian military authorities is one of the most corrupt decisions made in that institution. Sometimes, officers that rank in the third tier of the class are the ones nominated to study overseas or become Nigeria's Defense Attaches abroad. This was especially the case under the watch of folks who became "Generals" merely because they shot at Biafran kwashiokor babies during the civil war.
On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 7:16 AM, <asu...@gmail.com> wrote:
INEC has cleared GMB. The same Vanguard the created the sensational headline is only trying to make amend.If our education serve us right we should know that a clueless person can't achieve a General in the Army. Especially with the tough requirement of the various academies and war colleges.
Once again Buhari attended & graduated from the United States Army War College 1979-1980, graduates earn a Master's Degree in Strategic Studies.Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.
Are you saying the certificate or degree in question was honorary or when a honorary degree or certificate was awarded? If so, it would fall under it being issued in error as I previously indicated, then it can be withdrawn.
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Wilson:
If the certificate or degree awarded by the University is honorary, don't you think the University can withdraw it?
Vin Cool Breeze Otuonye
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I don't understand, how can a university withdraw a certificate? Am assuming one attended classes or completed the courses, passed the examination - I mean go through the process before earning a certificate. So, how does a university (as indicated below) threaten to "withdraw" a certificate, makes no sense to me, unless the university issued it in error to begin with, and if so why the threat, just correct the mistake and take back the certificate. 9ja sef, nothing is straight there! Hehehe!
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If ones memory serves one right, I remember that a certain university in the Lagos area recently published its intent to "withdraw" academic certificates of some of its alumni. And a certain VC in a follow-up online discussion perhaps jokingly "threatened" to cause the "withdrawal" of some other persons certificate hereabouts. Could it be that some of these political candidates may have had their certificates "withdrawn" at some point? Or is it that these certificates never existed? Just curious.
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Why no comparison with or reference to Nigeria’s generals? Aguiyi-ironsi commanded U.N. forces in the Congo. Mohammad Shuwa is another. Does charity no longer begin at home? I am just asking.
oa
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This is pure rubbish! Which war did Maj-Gen Buhari command as a General? To equate Buhari with "Generals Colin Powell, a former chairman, U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff; Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe during World War II and one time U.S. President; Walter Bedell Smith, Eisenhower’s Chief of Staff at Allied Headquarters; James Peake, a former U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the 40th Surgeon General" is the height of folly, indeed.
Again, you can be a staunch Buhari partisan without padding his CV.
On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 7:50 AM, Imperial Merchant Trust Ltd <Imperi...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Buhari Listed Among World’s Top Army Generals
December 31, 2014 • By admin pmnews
General Muhammadu Buhari, the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, has been ranked among the top 25 war generals by the famous U.S. Army War College Alumni.
Buhari is number six on the list. Others are: Generals Colin Powell, a former chairman, U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff; Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe during World War II and one time U.S. President; Walter Bedell Smith, Eisenhower’s Chief of Staff at Allied Headquarters; James Peake, a former U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the 40th Surgeon General of the country and Buhari, in that order.
Born in 1942 in Daura, Katsina State, Buhari was trained at the Nigerian Defence Academy, Mons Officer Cadet School, Aldershot, England and the U.S. War College which did the ranking.
One of the criteria for inclusion on the honours list, according to ranker.com is the people must “have gone to U.S. Army War College and be of some renown.”
This list is currently trending in the social media to counter the allegation that Buhari did not have any certificate and that he never passed his military examinations.
Others on the list are: John J. Pershing who led America’s Expeditionary Froces in World War I; Mark W. Clark who, in World War II, Commanded the Allied Fifth Army and Norman Schwarzkopf, who led the coalision forces in the Persian Gulf War.
Also included are Omar Bradley Anthony, Mc Auhffey, Walter Krugger, Lyman Lemnitzer, Richard Myers, Charles T. Menoher, Dean Johnson, Dwayne Alons, John Pappageorge, Walter Shorf and Hubert R. Harmon.
Jack Keane, Floyd Lavinius Parks, St. Clair Streeth, Scott Perry, Frank Corte Jr are also on the list.
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Anunoby, Ogugua
Dec 31, 2014, 2:20:09 PM12/31/14
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Nigeria’s Armed Services, particularly the Army ceased to be a disciplined, merit based organization after the Aguiyi Ironsi Administration. Lt. Colonel Yakubu Gowon promoted himself Major General. There were several officers superior to him at the time. He promoted himself well above all of them and got away with it. Lt. Colonel Musa Yar’adua was promoted Major General over and above many officers, from Northern Nigeria superior to him, because he was Muslim Fulani. For some strange reasons, the military regime in power at the time adjudged that Northern Nigeria should be appeased even though Muritala Mohammed was killed in a Northern Nigeria led military coup. That decision further regularized indiscipline and official recklessness in the Nigerian Army. It was reported that Ibrahim Babangida was promoted Colonel (full rank) six months ahead of his course mates because of his services to coup plotting (encounter with Lt. Colonel Buka Suka Dimka during the 1976 Coup for example). Sani Abacha was promoted Major General even after it was widely reported that he was an examinations’ cheat at the Jaji Staff college. Many Nigerians will remember the special promotion, command, business, and other favors granted to a select group of young officers some called Babangida boys. Military officers were sent on overseas’ courses because of their ethnic origins and sponsors for example. Nigerians will also remember General Bali’s lament during the Babangida administration on the mess that the Nigerian army had become
Buhari’s strong points have never included his academic and intellectual accomplishments. They have always been his anger, brashness, pigheadedness, ruthlessness, and know-it-all pretensions among others. He has never claimed academic accomplishments as a qualification to hold public office. His lack of them should therefore, not be held against him this time. It should not matter whether or not he has merit-based academic qualifications. Nigeria’s military politicians have generally never had them. They use and mis-use educated civilians ( a la carte) in government to con Nigeria’s masses and prop up their illegal regimes.
Buhari was a “chosen one” in the Nigerian Army. He enjoyed promotion and command favors because of Fulani privilege. Was he a good soldier? He may have been. I am not aware though, of any his honorable bravery or other commendable performance citations during the Nigeria-Biafra war. As Division Commander in Maiduguri, he publicly threatened to invade the Chad republic if Chadians would not stop killing Nigerians on his own.
Buhari is the presidential candidate of his party in the 2015 presidential elections. I do not believe that his party chose him because of his serious academic credentials. He is for the most part, an appeasement- “power should shift to the North” candidate that serves Tinubu’s interests well. Nigerians while respecting this fact may vote as they please. They are reminded that appeasement candidates have seldom served Nigeria well. Musa Yar’adua was an appeasement candidate. Obasanjo was an appeasement candidate- after the Abiola experience. Shehu Yar’adua was an appeasement candidate. If only Nigerians will learn to choose their leaders by free and fair processes only. If only Nigeria’s politics has fewer or no veto-wielding midwives. Nigerians are reminded that once cast, their ballot cannot be re-cast. Those who have ears, let them hear.
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Salimonu Kadiri
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If speed depends on the number of legs, millipedes would be the fastest creatures on the planet earth and if the rate of industrial and economic developments of a country depends on the academic degrees of the people in the government, Nigeria would be the most industrialized and economically developed in the world!! Not many countries in the world has a PhD holder as their President like Nigeria. the Minister of Finance and Economic Development is a PhD holder and touted as former World Bank Guru, the Minister of Power is a Professor of electricity, the Minister of Health is a Professor of Medicine and virtually everyone in the Federal government of Nigeria is dressed up in sophisticated academic robes of various colours. Geographically viewed, the multi-ethnic Nigeria has been designed by nature to be paradise on earth simply because she is blessed with abundant mineral resources (solid and liquid), verse rain forest and savannah grass land, and a climate devoid of major natural disasters like earthquakes, typhoons or cyclones. The academic manpower and availability of raw materials to produce consumer goods for Nigerians are in abundant. Yet Nigerians are wallowing in poverty and miseries far more worse than what existed when Nigeria was a chattel of slavery otherwise known as colony.
Whenever Nigerians with heavy academic degrees in government are requested to deliver according to their qualifications, their cynical response has always been that Rome was not built in a day and Nigerians should not expect them to do in 54 years what took Europe 100 years to do!! But if it is Rome that the Nigerian Academics in government want to make of Nigeria, the prototype (model) of Rome is there for them to copy. Moreover, by virtue of their academic qualifications, which are very superior to the builders of Rome, it should not take them as long as it took the Romans to make Nigeria a new Rome of their choice. Since the intention of Nigerian academics in government is to make Nigeria a Rome on/after 100 years, one should logically expect them to adjust their consumption of materials and standard of living to that of the builders of Rome 100 years ago. The ironical part of the behaviour of Nigerian academics in government is that they consider their certificates as meal tickets through which they consume imported goods produced by foreign academics with lower qualifications than the ones being flaunted by them.
Nigeria needs a leader like Buhari with innate intelligence to get out of political, economic and industrial retrogression and not a formal PhD (Permanent head Damage) holder. Even if Buhari has no academic degree, that should not constitute a hindrance for him to become the President of Nigeria. It is noteworthy that Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, was the best President (1 January 2003 - 31 December 2010) and most popular politician ever in the history of Brazil. Lula da Silva had two years schooling and could read at the age of ten. He was a shoe shiner and street vendor at the age of 12. At the age of 14 he started working at a copper processing factory where he became a trade unionist in 1975 and re-elected as president of Steel Workers' Union, Sao Polo. With his immaterial education, he became President of Brazil on January 1, 2003. Secondly, we have Andrew Johnson the 17th President of the United States from 1865 - 1869. He was a tailor's apprentice and an illiterate when he got married at the age of 18 to the 16 year old Eliza Mac Cardle in 1827, a daughter of a local shoemaker. Eliza taught Andrew Johnson how to read and write. Andrew Johnson was first elected a mayor, later member of Tennessee House of Representatives and thereafter a member of the US Congress where he served for ten years from 1843 - 1853. He was Governor of Tennessee from 1853 - 1857, member of US Senate 1857-1862 and military governor of his occupied Tennessee during the civil war between 1862 and 1865. On March 4, 1865, he became vice- President to Abraham in his second term and 42 days later he became US president after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. Finally, what is the academic qualification of President Jacob Zuma of South Africa, under whose leadership 48, 000 Mega Watts of electricity is being generated daily for fifty million South Africans, while Jonathan the PhD ruler of Nigeria is generating under 4,000 Mega Watts electricity for 170 million Nigerians? When Buhari was military Head of State (31 December 1983 - 27 August 1985) all Nigerian oil refineries were hundred percent functioning and a Nigerian naira exchanged at 2.2 dollars. When Jonathan took over as President in 2010, a dollar was exchanging at 140 naira and after six years in office a dollar now fetches 180 naira which means that the naira has been depreciating at the rate of 7.45 naira per annum since Jonathan the PhD holder took office. With these comparisons, those who say Buhari cannot lead Nigeria because, according to their judgment, he is an illiterate, are like those debasing fowls for not having teeth but failing to observe that the toothless fowls do eat corns and sip water better than those with teeth. Case closed.
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Whenever Nigerians with heavy academic degrees in government are requested to deliver according to their qualifications, their cynical response has always been that Rome was not built in a day and Nigerians should not expect them to do in 54 years what took Europe 100 years to do!! But if it is Rome that the Nigerian Academics in government want to make of Nigeria, the prototype (model) of Rome is there for them to copy. Moreover, by virtue of their academic qualifications, which are very superior to the builders of Rome, it should not take them as long as it took the Romans to make Nigeria a new Rome of their choice. Since the intention of Nigerian academics in government is to make Nigeria a Rome on/after 100 years, one should logically expect them to adjust their consumption of materials and standard of living to that of the builders of Rome 100 years ago. The ironical part of the behaviour of Nigerian academics in government is that they consider their certificates as meal tickets through which they consume imported goods produced by foreign academics with lower qualifications than the ones being flaunted by them.
Nigeria needs a leader like Buhari with innate intelligence to get out of political, economic and industrial retrogression and not a formal PhD (Permanent head Damage) holder. Even if Buhari has no academic degree, that should not constitute a hindrance for him to become the President of Nigeria. It is noteworthy that Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, was the best President (1 January 2003 - 31 December 2010) and most popular politician ever in the history of Brazil. Lula da Silva had two years schooling and could read at the age of ten. He was a shoe shiner and street vendor at the age of 12. At the age of 14 he started working at a copper processing factory where he became a trade unionist in 1975 and re-elected as president of Steel Workers' Union, Sao Polo. With his immaterial education, he became President of Brazil on January 1, 2003. Secondly, we have Andrew Johnson the 17th President of the United States from 1865 - 1869. He was a tailor's apprentice and an illiterate when he got married at the age of 18 to the 16 year old Eliza Mac Cardle in 1827, a daughter of a local shoemaker. Eliza taught Andrew Johnson how to read and write. Andrew Johnson was first elected a mayor, later member of Tennessee House of Representatives and thereafter a member of the US Congress where he served for ten years from 1843 - 1853. He was Governor of Tennessee from 1853 - 1857, member of US Senate 1857-1862 and military governor of his occupied Tennessee during the civil war between 1862 and 1865. On March 4, 1865, he became vice- President to Abraham in his second term and 42 days later he became US president after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. Finally, what is the academic qualification of President Jacob Zuma of South Africa, under whose leadership 48, 000 Mega Watts of electricity is being generated daily for fifty million South Africans, while Jonathan the PhD ruler of Nigeria is generating under 4,000 Mega Watts electricity for 170 million Nigerians? When Buhari was military Head of State (31 December 1983 - 27 August 1985) all Nigerian oil refineries were hundred percent functioning and a Nigerian naira exchanged at 2.2 dollars. When Jonathan took over as President in 2010, a dollar was exchanging at 140 naira and after six years in office a dollar now fetches 180 naira which means that the naira has been depreciating at the rate of 7.45 naira per annum since Jonathan the PhD holder took office. With these comparisons, those who say Buhari cannot lead Nigeria because, according to their judgment, he is an illiterate, are like those debasing fowls for not having teeth but failing to observe that the toothless fowls do eat corns and sip water better than those with teeth. Case closed.
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Salimonu Kadiri
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Nigeria's Armed Services, particularly the Army ceased to be disciplined, merit based organization after the Aguiyi Ironsi Administration: Anunoby Ogugua.
That is a pure historical falsification. The moment the Majors decided to overthrow the Federal coalition government of NPC/NCNC led by Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, the army ceased to be disciplined. When the Majors planned to overthrow the FG, Ironsi infiltrated the coup plotters through Majors Don Okafor, John Obienu and Captain Ogbo Oji. Therefore, when Majors Humphrey Chukwuka and Christian Anuforo arrived at the home of Ironsi on the coup's day, to kill him, Ironsi was already at Ikeja Battalion to organize the stealing of the coup from the revolutionary Majors. The mere fact that Ironsi knew about the coup but failed to report to the government was an act of indiscipline. The most serious act of indiscipline on the part of Ironsi was that he caused the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation to broadcast to Nigerians that the entire forces under him was loyal to the federal government against the mutineers, but later coerced Zana Bukar Dipcharima and Kingsley Ozumba Mbadiwe to unconstitutionally sign a letter of handover to him, on behalf of the cabinet, in the absence of the missing Prime Minister. Had Ironsi not stolen the coup of the Majors, Nigeria would have been a good country for all Nigerians to live today. Thus, indiscipline in the Army began with Ironsi and not after Ironsi.
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That is a pure historical falsification. The moment the Majors decided to overthrow the Federal coalition government of NPC/NCNC led by Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, the army ceased to be disciplined. When the Majors planned to overthrow the FG, Ironsi infiltrated the coup plotters through Majors Don Okafor, John Obienu and Captain Ogbo Oji. Therefore, when Majors Humphrey Chukwuka and Christian Anuforo arrived at the home of Ironsi on the coup's day, to kill him, Ironsi was already at Ikeja Battalion to organize the stealing of the coup from the revolutionary Majors. The mere fact that Ironsi knew about the coup but failed to report to the government was an act of indiscipline. The most serious act of indiscipline on the part of Ironsi was that he caused the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation to broadcast to Nigerians that the entire forces under him was loyal to the federal government against the mutineers, but later coerced Zana Bukar Dipcharima and Kingsley Ozumba Mbadiwe to unconstitutionally sign a letter of handover to him, on behalf of the cabinet, in the absence of the missing Prime Minister. Had Ironsi not stolen the coup of the Majors, Nigeria would have been a good country for all Nigerians to live today. Thus, indiscipline in the Army began with Ironsi and not after Ironsi.
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Anyone with certain knowledge that Ironsi had advance knowledge of the Major’s coup and Ironsi’s sources would be expected to know whether this knowledge was pre-knowledge or real-time knowledge. It is worse than a stretch to claim that soldiers stopping by Ironsi’s home to “kill him” was indication that Ironsi had pre-knowledge of the coup, regardless of the source. Ironsi’s knowledge of the coup may have been contemporaneous and like the brave, good, loyal, and patriotic commander, was not hesitant to do the right thing- ensure that the coup failed which he did. He knew not to go into hiding as his successors as supreme commander have done. He proceeded at great personal risk to himself and his family, to mobilize resources at very short notice to quell the coup as a conscientious supreme commander would be expected to do. He did.
No other Head of the Nigerian Army has done as much as Ironsi did to end a military rebellion. Buhari did not. Babangida did not. Obasanjo did not. It was reported that Obasanjo went into hiding in a Queens Drive, Ikoyi home rather than lead counter action to quell the 1976 coup even when he knew that Muritala Mohammed (MM), his supreme commander, had been murdered by the coup plotters.
Riding from Ikoyi to Ikeja cantonment was a long ride in January 1966. Making this ride at night to end a bloody coup in operation, in you-are-not-sure-where was as risky as a ride could be. It was a bold act of gallantry and patriotism that no other supreme commander has dared to repeat. Ironsi ended the coup, arrested the plotters, incarcerated them, and was going to put them on trial for treason before he was murdered.
It beggers belief that anyone would willfully mischaracterize that ride to Ikeja Cantonment to end the January 15, 1966 military rebellion as an ego-trip and scheme to “steal the coup from the revolutionary majors”. It is conveniently forgotten that Ironsi could have led a coup himself before the Majors did if he was not loyal to the federal government of the day. It is also conveniently forgotten that the chaos and violence in a major region of the country was real and unprecedented in Nigeria’s history. What did other senior military officers do to end the coup after they learned of it? Why are Ironsi’s critics not holding them accountable? Ojukwu was the lone one who took action to ensure that the coup failed in Northern Nigeria and it did. All Ironsi’s critics do is deny him credit for doing what no other senior military officer in Lagos at the time, had the courage or good sense to do which actions caused the coup to fail in Lagos. It is interesting that there are some who would willfully characterize coup plotters as “revolutionary majors” to score a debate point.
Ironsi unlike other senior military officers in Lagos, did not hope and pray that the January 1966 coup should fail. He mobilized forces to end it. The state of affairs at the time was very fluid. The prime minister was “missing”. There was no official deputy prime minister. Ironsi was constructive and wise to cause “the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation to broadcast to Nigerians that the entire forces under him was loyal to the federal government against the mutineers” if he did. The singular priority at the time was to restore order as soon as possible. Ironsi did. Given the objectives of the coup plotters- overthrow of the civilian government, Ironsi’s negotiations with the “revolutionary majors” resulted in the voluntary termination of that government which some conveniently and after the fact, now claim to have been achieved by coercion. The politicians were clearly not men enough to refuse to sign any papers that were presented to them. The suggestion of coercion is a fraudulent misrepresentation of the facts to say the least.
After MM was killed in the 1976 military coup, emotions and sentiments ran high. It was hurriedly claimed that MM’s government was going to be the best Nigeria ever had. Emotions and sentiments have since inevitably run low. Public opinion about that government changed. The claim is that “Had Ironsi not stolen the coup of the Majors, Nigeria would have been a good country for all Nigerians to live today.” How anyone knows for a fact that the above claim is true is beyond reason. It is an argumentum ad populum based claim. A claim is not true because one or more people make it or even believe it.
Indiscipline began after Ironsi and not before. Ironsi bravely quelled a military coup. The army hierarchy and personnel structure were generally maintained which was not the case with the Gowon, Buhari, and Abacha coups and the regimes that they lead. It is well documented that Ojukwu repeatedly urged Gowon to respect the Army’s hierarchy and structure. He ceaselessly asked Gowon to hand over power to the most senior military officer at the time, to save the Nigerian Army from itself. Gowon did not. The rest is history. Nigeria has paid and continues to pay a great price for that singular folly.
I have moved on.
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Salimonu Kadiri
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It is worse than a stretch to claim that soldiers stopping by Ironsi's home to kill him was indication that Ironsi had pre-knowledge of the coup, regardless of the source. Ironsi's knowledge of the coup may have been contemporaneous.. No other head of the Nigerian Army has done as much as Ironsi to end a military rebellion - Anunoby Ogugua.
Assumption is the lowest level of knowledge and it is extremely low to assume that the claim that Ironsi had foreknowledge of the coup was based only on soldiers not finding him at home to kill. After almost 49 years it is absurd to be still hypothesizing and assuming that Ironsi's knowledge of the January 15, 1966, *may have been contemporaneous.* An indisputable fact is that Major General Johnson Thompson Umunnakwe Aguiyi Ironsi was at the Ikoyi residence of Brigadier Zakariya Maimalari on the eve of Friday, 14 January 1966 to partake in a party being hosted by the Brigadier for his newly wedded wife. All the Lagos coup plotters led by Major Emanuel Ifeajuna were also in attendance. By 2200 hours Major General Ironsi left the Brigadier's party to attend another party taking place at Elder Dempster Shipping Line at Apapa. By midnight, the coup plotters withdrew from the Brigadier's party, except Major John Obienu, whose assignment was to come with armoured cars from Abeokuta to Lagos to neutralize Ikeja's Second Battalion. When Major John Obienu left the Brigadier's party after 01:00:00 hours on January 15, 1966, he did not travel back to Abeokuta, instead, he went to Ikeja cantonment where Ironsi later linked up with him after leaving the Party at Apapa. It is noteworthy that the operation in Lagos did not start until 03:00:00 hours and Ironsi did not risk anything by travelling from Apapa to Ikeja before the coup began.
Captain Ben Gbulie played a vital role in planning and executing the coup of January 15, 1966 in Kaduna where he assisted Majors Chukwuma Nzeogwu and Timothy Onwuatuegwu. He was detained in the East before the coup of July 29, 1966 and later fought on the Biafra side. In 1981, he wrote a book titled, NIGERIA'S FIVE MAJORS, COUP D'ÉTAT OF 15TH JANUARY 1966; FIRST INSIDE ACCOUNT. What Captain Ben Gbulie wrote on p. 125-126 is very educative for those who will not live the life of rumours and assumptions. Hear him, "But by far the thickest wedge cast between the coup executors and success was the ugly element of treachery that manifested itself in the course of the nocturnal operation. To begin with, both Major Don Okafor and Captain Ogbo Oji had taken a stand against any step that might embody the killing of Ironsi.. It was, to say the least, too much of a coincidence that while the would-be assassins were pointedly making for his (Ironsi's) residence, hoping to capture him, he was at the same time heading towards Ikeja to enlist the support of the personnel of the said 2nd Battalion...." He wrote further, "Moreover, it turned out that at that very crucial stage of the operation, the dashing swashbuckler from Oba in the East, Major John Obienu, had for some insane reason, turned traitor; and that he was, in fact, a down-wright insincere coward. His failure to honour his pledge and turned up at that night with his armoured cars was the one deciding act that led ultimately to the collapse of the Lagos operation - a calamitous act of sabotage that by depriving our colleagues of the much-needed fire-power with which to crush Ironsi counter-revolution, finally drove a nail into the coffin of our objective. ...one was not sure what galled us most: the fact that some of our comrades had cocked up our plans, the knowledge that Major Obienu had joined forces with the enemies of the revolution and was actively aiding and abetting them, or the realization that all our efforts - all our personal sacrifices - had thus come to nothing."
Given the objectives of the coup plotters - overthrow of the civilian government, Ironsi's negotiations with "revolutionary Majors" resulted in the termination of that government which some conveniently and after the fact, now claim to have been achieved by coercion. The suggestion of coercion is a fraudulent misrepresentation of the facts, to say the least - So goes Anunoby Ogugua's tale by the moonlight. The truth is that Major Chukwuma Nzeogwu, at 12.30 P.M. on Saturday, 15 January 1966, broadcast on Radio Kaduna on behalf of what he named the Supreme Council of the Revolution of the Nigerian Armed Forces and he declared martial law over Northern Region of Nigeria after announcing that the government had been overthrown. At 14:30:00 hours Nzeogwu's broadcast was countered by Lagos Radio Nigeria thus, "In the early hours of this morning, 15th January 1966, a dissident section of the Nigerian Army kidnapped the Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance and took them to an unknown destination. The General Officer Commanding the Nigerian Army (Ironsi) and the vast majority of the army remained completely loyal to the Federal Government and are already taking appropriate measures to bring the situation under control." Later in the evening of 15th January 1966, the rest of the cabinet met with Ironsi and the acting President, Nwafor Orizu. The NPC/NNDP suggested that Zanar Bukar Dipcharima be appointed temporary Prime Minister in the absence of the kidnapped Balewa, the NCNC countered that by suggesting Kingsley Ozumba Mbadiwe as the temporary P.M. What ought to have followed was for the loyal Ironsi to provide security so that the House of Representatives could meet and pass a vote of confidence on either Mbadiwe or Dipcharima. In the House which contained 312 members, the NPC/NNDP had 198 members and a vote in the House would have confirmed Dipcharima as acting Prime Minister. The acting President, Nwafor Orizu, was aware of the parliamentary situation which was why he rejected the idea of acting Prime Minister and the meeting dispersed without conclusion. The next day, 16th January 1966, Ironsi summoned the rest of the cabinet to a meeting and informed them that after sounding out the feelings of the army, he could only be sure of their loyalty if power was handed over to him. Thereafter, Mbadiwe and Dipcharima were made to sign, on behalf of the cabinet, a letter handing over power to the loyal General through Nwafor Orizu. In a broadcast at 23:50:00 hours on the 16th of January 1966, the Acting President, Dr Nwafor Orizu, announced the decision of the cabinet to hand over power to the armed forces. He was followed by Ironsi who came up in the air to announce the acceptance of invitation from the Federal Cabinet to take over the government of the Federation. When Ironsi took over in Lagos, Nzeogwu was in complete control in Kaduna and there was no negotiation of any kind between him and Ironsi. Thus, Ironsi's negotiations with the revolutionary majors is an imaginary fable that has no place in the history of January 15, 1966 coup d'état in Nigeria. If the coup failed or was quelled by Ironsi as it is being imagined by our fable writer, the civilian regime should have remained and continued. Constitutionally, neither Mbadiwe nor Dipcharima or the federal cabinet they claimed to represent had the right to transfer power to Ironsi. Conclusively, the Majors started the coup and Ironsi ambushed them and stole their coup. That is a plain fact.
Finally, one is being told that, "It is well documented that Ojukwu repeatedly urged Gowon to respect the Army's hierarchy and structure. He ceaselessly asked Gowon to hand over power to the most senior military officer at the time to save the Nigerian Army from itself - Anunoby Ogugua.
That was sermon from fox's hole. Both Lieutenant Colonels Philip Effiong and Hilary Njoku were senior to Ojukwu because both were commissioned officers in 1956 as against Ojukwu's 1957. He should have handed over the leadership of the Eastern Region either to Effiong or Ojukwu in respect of Army hierarchy and structure but he did not for the same reason as Gowon. When July 29, 1966, coup occurred, 75% of the 1st Battalion in Enugu were Northerners and mainly from the Middle Belt. That was why Ojukwu first fled to the Police HQ in Enugu where he was protected by the armed mobile police, but he later decided to go to Onitsha for greater security. It was from Onitsha that he telephoned Brigadier Babatunde Ogundipe in Lagos promising him the East's support. Ojukwu did not return to Enugu until Lieutenant Colonel David Ogunewe had successfully negotiated with the Northern Soldiers not to fight and accept to return to the North that Ojukwu returned to Enugu. In a coup, where Captain Theophilous Danjuma arrested General Ironsi and the troops who perpetrated that action decided that a specific Lieutenant Colonel should lead them, any officer of higher rank that questioned that decision would have paid with his life. Ironsi did not die of natural cause but was killed by rebellious junior officers, therefore succession could not follow seniority arrangements in the army. And as I have said, if Ojukwu were to live according to his creed, he should have relinquished the leadership of Eastern Region to either Effiong or Njoku who were senior to him by date of Commission in the Army.
Assumption is the lowest level of knowledge and it is extremely low to assume that the claim that Ironsi had foreknowledge of the coup was based only on soldiers not finding him at home to kill. After almost 49 years it is absurd to be still hypothesizing and assuming that Ironsi's knowledge of the January 15, 1966, *may have been contemporaneous.* An indisputable fact is that Major General Johnson Thompson Umunnakwe Aguiyi Ironsi was at the Ikoyi residence of Brigadier Zakariya Maimalari on the eve of Friday, 14 January 1966 to partake in a party being hosted by the Brigadier for his newly wedded wife. All the Lagos coup plotters led by Major Emanuel Ifeajuna were also in attendance. By 2200 hours Major General Ironsi left the Brigadier's party to attend another party taking place at Elder Dempster Shipping Line at Apapa. By midnight, the coup plotters withdrew from the Brigadier's party, except Major John Obienu, whose assignment was to come with armoured cars from Abeokuta to Lagos to neutralize Ikeja's Second Battalion. When Major John Obienu left the Brigadier's party after 01:00:00 hours on January 15, 1966, he did not travel back to Abeokuta, instead, he went to Ikeja cantonment where Ironsi later linked up with him after leaving the Party at Apapa. It is noteworthy that the operation in Lagos did not start until 03:00:00 hours and Ironsi did not risk anything by travelling from Apapa to Ikeja before the coup began.
Captain Ben Gbulie played a vital role in planning and executing the coup of January 15, 1966 in Kaduna where he assisted Majors Chukwuma Nzeogwu and Timothy Onwuatuegwu. He was detained in the East before the coup of July 29, 1966 and later fought on the Biafra side. In 1981, he wrote a book titled, NIGERIA'S FIVE MAJORS, COUP D'ÉTAT OF 15TH JANUARY 1966; FIRST INSIDE ACCOUNT. What Captain Ben Gbulie wrote on p. 125-126 is very educative for those who will not live the life of rumours and assumptions. Hear him, "But by far the thickest wedge cast between the coup executors and success was the ugly element of treachery that manifested itself in the course of the nocturnal operation. To begin with, both Major Don Okafor and Captain Ogbo Oji had taken a stand against any step that might embody the killing of Ironsi.. It was, to say the least, too much of a coincidence that while the would-be assassins were pointedly making for his (Ironsi's) residence, hoping to capture him, he was at the same time heading towards Ikeja to enlist the support of the personnel of the said 2nd Battalion...." He wrote further, "Moreover, it turned out that at that very crucial stage of the operation, the dashing swashbuckler from Oba in the East, Major John Obienu, had for some insane reason, turned traitor; and that he was, in fact, a down-wright insincere coward. His failure to honour his pledge and turned up at that night with his armoured cars was the one deciding act that led ultimately to the collapse of the Lagos operation - a calamitous act of sabotage that by depriving our colleagues of the much-needed fire-power with which to crush Ironsi counter-revolution, finally drove a nail into the coffin of our objective. ...one was not sure what galled us most: the fact that some of our comrades had cocked up our plans, the knowledge that Major Obienu had joined forces with the enemies of the revolution and was actively aiding and abetting them, or the realization that all our efforts - all our personal sacrifices - had thus come to nothing."
Given the objectives of the coup plotters - overthrow of the civilian government, Ironsi's negotiations with "revolutionary Majors" resulted in the termination of that government which some conveniently and after the fact, now claim to have been achieved by coercion. The suggestion of coercion is a fraudulent misrepresentation of the facts, to say the least - So goes Anunoby Ogugua's tale by the moonlight. The truth is that Major Chukwuma Nzeogwu, at 12.30 P.M. on Saturday, 15 January 1966, broadcast on Radio Kaduna on behalf of what he named the Supreme Council of the Revolution of the Nigerian Armed Forces and he declared martial law over Northern Region of Nigeria after announcing that the government had been overthrown. At 14:30:00 hours Nzeogwu's broadcast was countered by Lagos Radio Nigeria thus, "In the early hours of this morning, 15th January 1966, a dissident section of the Nigerian Army kidnapped the Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance and took them to an unknown destination. The General Officer Commanding the Nigerian Army (Ironsi) and the vast majority of the army remained completely loyal to the Federal Government and are already taking appropriate measures to bring the situation under control." Later in the evening of 15th January 1966, the rest of the cabinet met with Ironsi and the acting President, Nwafor Orizu. The NPC/NNDP suggested that Zanar Bukar Dipcharima be appointed temporary Prime Minister in the absence of the kidnapped Balewa, the NCNC countered that by suggesting Kingsley Ozumba Mbadiwe as the temporary P.M. What ought to have followed was for the loyal Ironsi to provide security so that the House of Representatives could meet and pass a vote of confidence on either Mbadiwe or Dipcharima. In the House which contained 312 members, the NPC/NNDP had 198 members and a vote in the House would have confirmed Dipcharima as acting Prime Minister. The acting President, Nwafor Orizu, was aware of the parliamentary situation which was why he rejected the idea of acting Prime Minister and the meeting dispersed without conclusion. The next day, 16th January 1966, Ironsi summoned the rest of the cabinet to a meeting and informed them that after sounding out the feelings of the army, he could only be sure of their loyalty if power was handed over to him. Thereafter, Mbadiwe and Dipcharima were made to sign, on behalf of the cabinet, a letter handing over power to the loyal General through Nwafor Orizu. In a broadcast at 23:50:00 hours on the 16th of January 1966, the Acting President, Dr Nwafor Orizu, announced the decision of the cabinet to hand over power to the armed forces. He was followed by Ironsi who came up in the air to announce the acceptance of invitation from the Federal Cabinet to take over the government of the Federation. When Ironsi took over in Lagos, Nzeogwu was in complete control in Kaduna and there was no negotiation of any kind between him and Ironsi. Thus, Ironsi's negotiations with the revolutionary majors is an imaginary fable that has no place in the history of January 15, 1966 coup d'état in Nigeria. If the coup failed or was quelled by Ironsi as it is being imagined by our fable writer, the civilian regime should have remained and continued. Constitutionally, neither Mbadiwe nor Dipcharima or the federal cabinet they claimed to represent had the right to transfer power to Ironsi. Conclusively, the Majors started the coup and Ironsi ambushed them and stole their coup. That is a plain fact.
Finally, one is being told that, "It is well documented that Ojukwu repeatedly urged Gowon to respect the Army's hierarchy and structure. He ceaselessly asked Gowon to hand over power to the most senior military officer at the time to save the Nigerian Army from itself - Anunoby Ogugua.
That was sermon from fox's hole. Both Lieutenant Colonels Philip Effiong and Hilary Njoku were senior to Ojukwu because both were commissioned officers in 1956 as against Ojukwu's 1957. He should have handed over the leadership of the Eastern Region either to Effiong or Ojukwu in respect of Army hierarchy and structure but he did not for the same reason as Gowon. When July 29, 1966, coup occurred, 75% of the 1st Battalion in Enugu were Northerners and mainly from the Middle Belt. That was why Ojukwu first fled to the Police HQ in Enugu where he was protected by the armed mobile police, but he later decided to go to Onitsha for greater security. It was from Onitsha that he telephoned Brigadier Babatunde Ogundipe in Lagos promising him the East's support. Ojukwu did not return to Enugu until Lieutenant Colonel David Ogunewe had successfully negotiated with the Northern Soldiers not to fight and accept to return to the North that Ojukwu returned to Enugu. In a coup, where Captain Theophilous Danjuma arrested General Ironsi and the troops who perpetrated that action decided that a specific Lieutenant Colonel should lead them, any officer of higher rank that questioned that decision would have paid with his life. Ironsi did not die of natural cause but was killed by rebellious junior officers, therefore succession could not follow seniority arrangements in the army. And as I have said, if Ojukwu were to live according to his creed, he should have relinquished the leadership of Eastern Region to either Effiong or Njoku who were senior to him by date of Commission in the Army.
Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2015 03:46:58 -0600
Emeagwali, Gloria (History)
Mar 3, 2015, 10:19:53 AM3/3/15
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Is this an eye witness report?
Gloria
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Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 13:06:15 -0600
Subject: RE: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Re: Wilson Iguade: Re: 'Buhari's academic records intact' - Vanguard News
Nigeria’s Armed Services, particularly the Army ceased to be a disciplined, merit based organization after the Aguiyi Ironsi Administration. Lt. Colonel Yakubu Gowon promoted himself Major General. There were several officers superior to him at the time. He promoted himself well above all of them and got away with it. Lt. Colonel Musa Yar’adua was promoted Major General over and above many officers, from Northern Nigeria superior to him, because he was Muslim Fulani. For some strange reasons, the military regime in power at the time adjudged that Northern Nigeria should be appeased even though Muritala Mohammed was killed in a Northern Nigeria led military coup. That decision further regularized indiscipline and official recklessness in the Nigerian Army. It was reported that Ibrahim Babangida was promoted Colonel (full rank) six months ahead of his course mates because of his services to coup plotting (encounter with Lt. Colonel Buka Suka Dimka during the 1976 Coup for example). Sani Abacha was promoted Major General even after it was widely reported that he was an examinations’ cheat at the Jaji Staff college. Many Nigerians will remember the special promotion, command, business, and other favors granted to a select group of young officers some called Babangida boys. Military officers were sent on overseas’ courses because of their ethnic origins and sponsors for example. Nigerians will also remember General Bali’s lament during the Babangida administration on the mess that the Nigerian army had become
Buhari’s strong points have never included his academic and intellectual accomplishments. They have always been his anger, brashness, pigheadedness, ruthlessness, and know-it-all pretensions among others. He has never claimed academic accomplishments as a qualification to hold public office. His lack of them should therefore, not be held against him this time. It should not matter whether or not he has merit-based academic qualifications. Nigeria’s military politicians have generally never had them. They use and mis-use educated civilians ( a la carte) in government to con Nigeria’s masses and prop up their illegal regimes.
Buhari was a “chosen one” in the Nigerian Army. He enjoyed promotion and command favors because of Fulani privilege. Was he a good soldier? He may have been. I am not aware though, of any his honorable bravery or other commendable performance citations during the Nigeria-Biafra war. As Division Commander in Maiduguri, he publicly threatened to invade the Chad republic if Chadians would not stop killing Nigerians on his own.
Buhari is the presidential candidate of his party in the 2015 presidential elections. I do not believe that his party chose him because of his serious academic credentials. He is for the most part, an appeasement- “power should shift to the North” candidate that serves Tinubu’s interests well. Nigerians while respecting this fact may vote as they please. They are reminded that appeasement candidates have seldom served Nigeria well. Musa Yar’adua was an appeasement candidate. Obasanjo was an appeasement candidate- after the Abiola experience. Shehu Yar’adua was an appeasement candidate. If only Nigerians will learn to choose their leaders by free and fair processes only. If only Nigeria’s politics has fewer or no veto-wielding midwives. Nigerians are reminded that once cast, their ballot cannot be re-cast. Those who have ears, let them hear.
oa
oa
To: usaafric...@googlegroups.com<mailto:usaafric...@googlegroups.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 13:06:15 -0600
Subject: RE: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Re: Wilson Iguade: Re: 'Buhari's academic records intact' - Vanguard News
Nigeria’s Armed Services, particularly the Army ceased to be a disciplined, merit based organization after the Aguiyi Ironsi Administration. Lt. Colonel Yakubu Gowon promoted himself Major General. There were several officers superior to him at the time. He promoted himself well above all of them and got away with it. Lt. Colonel Musa Yar’adua was promoted Major General over and above many officers, from Northern Nigeria superior to him, because he was Muslim Fulani. For some strange reasons, the military regime in power at the time adjudged that Northern Nigeria should be appeased even though Muritala Mohammed was killed in a Northern Nigeria led military coup. That decision further regularized indiscipline and official recklessness in the Nigerian Army. It was reported that Ibrahim Babangida was promoted Colonel (full rank) six months ahead of his course mates because of his services to coup plotting (encounter with Lt. Colonel Buka Suka Dimka during the 1976 Coup for example). Sani Abacha was promoted Major General even after it was widely reported that he was an examinations’ cheat at the Jaji Staff college. Many Nigerians will remember the special promotion, command, business, and other favors granted to a select group of young officers some called Babangida boys. Military officers were sent on overseas’ courses because of their ethnic origins and sponsors for example. Nigerians will also remember General Bali’s lament during the Babangida administration on the mess that the Nigerian army had become
Buhari’s strong points have never included his academic and intellectual accomplishments. They have always been his anger, brashness, pigheadedness, ruthlessness, and know-it-all pretensions among others. He has never claimed academic accomplishments as a qualification to hold public office. His lack of them should therefore, not be held against him this time. It should not matter whether or not he has merit-based academic qualifications. Nigeria’s military politicians have generally never had them. They use and mis-use educated civilians ( a la carte) in government to con Nigeria’s masses and prop up their illegal regimes.
Buhari was a “chosen one” in the Nigerian Army. He enjoyed promotion and command favors because of Fulani privilege. Was he a good soldier? He may have been. I am not aware though, of any his honorable bravery or other commendable performance citations during the Nigeria-Biafra war. As Division Commander in Maiduguri, he publicly threatened to invade the Chad republic if Chadians would not stop killing Nigerians on his own.
Buhari is the presidential candidate of his party in the 2015 presidential elections. I do not believe that his party chose him because of his serious academic credentials. He is for the most part, an appeasement- “power should shift to the North” candidate that serves Tinubu’s interests well. Nigerians while respecting this fact may vote as they please. They are reminded that appeasement candidates have seldom served Nigeria well. Musa Yar’adua was an appeasement candidate. Obasanjo was an appeasement candidate- after the Abiola experience. Shehu Yar’adua was an appeasement candidate. If only Nigerians will learn to choose their leaders by free and fair processes only. If only Nigeria’s politics has fewer or no veto-wielding midwives. Nigerians are reminded that once cast, their ballot cannot be re-cast. Those who have ears, let them hear.
oa
oa
From: usaafric...@googlegroups.com<mailto:usaafric...@googlegroups.com> [mailto:usaafric...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Okey Iheduru
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2014 8:39 AM
To: Tijani Asuku
Cc: Wilson Iguade; Vin Otuonye; OA; Mobolaji Aluko; USAAfrica Dialogue; Ebere Onwudiwe; africanw...@googlegroups.com<mailto:africanw...@googlegroups.com>; NaijaPolitics e-Group; OmoOdua; naijaintellects; niger...@yahoogroups.com<mailto:niger...@yahoogroups.com>; Ra'ayi; Yan Arewa; NIgerianW...@yahoogroups.com<mailto:NIgerianW...@yahoogroups.com>; NaijaO...@yahoogroups.com<mailto:NaijaO...@yahoogroups.com>; Esan Forum; okonkwonetworks
Subject: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Re: Wilson Iguade: Re: 'Buhari's academic records intact' - Vanguard News
Dear asukuj:
You can be a staunch Buhari partisan without misinforming the public--thereby suggesting that you're simply "padding" your principal's resume.
At the time Maj-Gen Buhari attended the US Army War College, it was NOT a degree-awarding institution. It was only in 2010 or so with the reorganization of the US military institutions (that made the National Defense University the apex military school) that graduates from US Army War College began to obtain degrees--if they write the Master's thesis. Most foreign students (many of whom are on a slightly different track) choose NOT to work for and/or earn the master's degree.
Besides, nomination to study abroad by Nigerian military authorities is one of the most corrupt decisions made in that institution. Sometimes, officers that rank in the third tier of the class are the ones nominated to study overseas or become Nigeria's Defense Attaches abroad. This was especially the case under the watch of folks who became "Generals" merely because they shot at Biafran kwashiokor babies during the civil war.
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To: Tijani Asuku
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Subject: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Re: Wilson Iguade: Re: 'Buhari's academic records intact' - Vanguard News
Dear asukuj:
You can be a staunch Buhari partisan without misinforming the public--thereby suggesting that you're simply "padding" your principal's resume.
At the time Maj-Gen Buhari attended the US Army War College, it was NOT a degree-awarding institution. It was only in 2010 or so with the reorganization of the US military institutions (that made the National Defense University the apex military school) that graduates from US Army War College began to obtain degrees--if they write the Master's thesis. Most foreign students (many of whom are on a slightly different track) choose NOT to work for and/or earn the master's degree.
Besides, nomination to study abroad by Nigerian military authorities is one of the most corrupt decisions made in that institution. Sometimes, officers that rank in the third tier of the class are the ones nominated to study overseas or become Nigeria's Defense Attaches abroad. This was especially the case under the watch of folks who became "Generals" merely because they shot at Biafran kwashiokor babies during the civil war.
On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 7:16 AM, <asu...@gmail.com<mailto:asu...@gmail.com>> wrote:
INEC has cleared GMB. The same Vanguard the created the sensational headline is only trying to make amend.
If our education serve us right we should know that a clueless person can't achieve a General in the Army. Especially with the tough requirement of the various academies and war colleges.
Once again Buhari attended & graduated from the United States Army War College 1979-1980, graduates earn a Master's Degree in Strategic Studies.
Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.
From: Wilson Iguade
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2014 3:05 PM
To: Vin Otuonye
Cc: OA; Okey Iheduru; Mobolaji Aluko; USAAfrica Dialogue; Ebere Onwudiwe; africanw...@googlegroups.com<mailto:africanw...@googlegroups.com>; NaijaPolitics e-Group; OmoOdua; naijaintellects; niger...@yahoogroups.com<mailto:niger...@yahoogroups.com>; Ra'ayi; Yan Arewa; NIgerianW...@yahoogroups.com<mailto:NIgerianW...@yahoogroups.com>; NaijaO...@yahoogroups.com<mailto:NaijaO...@yahoogroups.com>; Esan Forum; okonkwonetworks
INEC has cleared GMB. The same Vanguard the created the sensational headline is only trying to make amend.
If our education serve us right we should know that a clueless person can't achieve a General in the Army. Especially with the tough requirement of the various academies and war colleges.
Once again Buhari attended & graduated from the United States Army War College 1979-1980, graduates earn a Master's Degree in Strategic Studies.
Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.
From: Wilson Iguade
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2014 3:05 PM
To: Vin Otuonye
Subject: Re: Wilson Iguade: Re: 'Buhari's academic records intact' - Vanguard News
Are you saying the certificate or degree in question was honorary or when a honorary degree or certificate was awarded? If so, it would fall under it being issued in error as I previously indicated, then it can be withdrawn.
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On Dec 31, 2014, at 7:56 AM, "Vin Otuonye" <vincent...@msn.com<mailto:vincent...@msn.com>> wrote:
Wilson:
If the certificate or degree awarded by the University is honorary, don't you think the University can withdraw it?
Vin Cool Breeze Otuonye
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Subject: Re: [africanworldforum] Wilson Iguade: Re: 'Buhari's academic records intact' - Vanguard News
From: igu...@hotmail.com<mailto:igu...@hotmail.com>
Wilson:
If the certificate or degree awarded by the University is honorary, don't you think the University can withdraw it?
Vin Cool Breeze Otuonye
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Subject: Re: [africanworldforum] Wilson Iguade: Re: 'Buhari's academic records intact' - Vanguard News
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 07:53:32 -0600
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I don't understand, how can a university withdraw a certificate? Am assuming one attended classes or completed the courses, passed the examination - I mean go through the process before earning a certificate. So, how does a university (as indicated below) threaten to "withdraw" a certificate, makes no sense to me, unless the university issued it in error to begin with, and if so why the threat, just correct the mistake and take back the certificate. 9ja sef, nothing is straight there! Hehehe!
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If ones memory serves one right, I remember that a certain university in the Lagos area recently published its intent to "withdraw" academic certificates of some of its alumni. ?And a certain VC in a follow-up online discussion perhaps jokingly "threatened" to cause the "withdrawal" of some other persons certificate hereabouts. Could it be that some of these political candidates may have had their certificates "withdrawn" at some point? Or is it that these certificates never existed? Just curious.
From: Okey Iheduru
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2014 2:16 AM
To: Wilson Iguade; Mobolaji Aluko; USAAfrica Dialogue; Ebere Onwudiwe
Subject: Re: [africanworldforum] Wilson Iguade: Re: 'Buhari's academic records
intact' - Vanguard News
Dear Prof Aluko:
Happy New Year! I trust you had a Merry Christmas.
I'm a bit puzzled at the (partisan?) rationalizations folks (including you) are making regarding General Buhari's non-compliance with INEC requirements for candidates for elective office to submit their certificates. Please reflect on and/or consider the following tit-bits:
1) In the 1960s when a certain cadet and two of his Northern Nigerian compatriots flunked their promotion exams at the Nigerian Military School, Zaria and were withdrawn from the school, the then Defense Minister, Alhaji Ribadu ordered the British Commandant to reinstate those cadets. The Commandant refused, and an incensed Minister Ribadu ordered the Commandant to leave Nigeria within 48 hours, and he did. The cadets were reinstated and went on to become Major-Generals and coup-plotters and destroyers of Nigerian fledgling democracy.
2) It is not true that cadets had to pass the GCE/WAEC to be admitted into foreign military academies--at least not for cadets from certain parts of the country in the 1960s, any way. There were very many that went on to become commissioned officers in the Nigerian Armed Forces who never had more than G-4 (Government Class Four) testimonial from their school Principals.
3) It is also not true, either, that all military officers who "passed through" local military academies in Nigeria must have passed their School Certificate before their admission. Here's why:
(a) Quite a number of serving officers today do not have their degrees from the Nigerian Defense Academy, Kaduna because they either never completed the required course work or did not have the requisite entry qualifications in the first place, contrary to the admissions criteria. NDA became a degree-awarding tertiary institution in 1985.
(b)Participants (students) who must be army Colonels or equivalent ranks in the Nigerian Air Force and the Nigerian Navy who pass their 48-month Strategic Studies Course at the National Defense College, Abuja at C+ or better grades (very rarely do they award B, let alone A grades) are selected to go on to the University of Ibadan for a six-months top-up course for the Master's degree in Strategic Studies. In 2013, the University of Ibadan rejected a number of these Participants/students because they did not have their School Certificate (particularly a credit pass in English) to the embarrassment of the military authorities in Abuja!
4) In July 2014, the son of a former Chief of Defense Staff (CDS) in Nigeria was shipped back to Nigeria from Pakistan's National Defense Academy with the rank of Sub-Lieutenant. He was in the third year of a four-year degree and commissioning course, but his hosts had had enough of his unruly behavior and they didn't want to jeopardize relations with their Nigerian counterparts by withdrawing him empty-handed (At NDA, Kaduna, you don't even get a transcript if you're withdrawn a week before graduation and commissioning!). Meanwhile, the lad's course mates were still Third-Termers (3rd Year cadets) at the Nigerian Defense Academy--and the brat insisted they must salute him because he's now an officer!. I'm not sure what became of him, but since he's already a COMMISSIONED officer, he's probably going to stay and possibly become a Rear Admiral (equv. Major-General) years from now.
From the foregoing, you can understand why I'm of the opinion that we should not sweep the issue of Maj-Gen Buhari's certificates under the rug. The fact that he has run for president on three previous occasions is irrelevant. What if no one at those times bothered to check his academic qualifications? Besides, it's ridiculous to argue that Military Board has his certificates. My guess is that even if they have the certificates, it would NOT be the originals. The onus is on Candidate Buhari and his supporters to put this matter to rest once and for all. Otherwise, it will stick harder than his Islamist and "indiscipline and corruption" public image.
Peace as always!
Okey
On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 7:15 PM, Wilson Iguade <igu...@hotmail.com<mailto:igu...@hotmail.com>> wrote:
Ayo,
Read yours again, you have nothing better to do with your time. Just because you are born to follow follow to the point of being a cultist does not make me so. Done with you utter foolishness.
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Ayo,
Read yours again, you have nothing better to do with your time. Just because you are born to follow follow to the point of being a cultist does not make me so. Done with you utter foolishness.
Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 30, 2014, at 8:04 PM, "'Ayo Ojutalayo' via AfricanWorldForum" <africanw...@googlegroups.com<mailto:africanw...@googlegroups.com>> wrote:
"All of these nit-pickings are silly school-boy one-up-manships and njakiri. Our country is in more serious trouble than certificate verification." . . . . Bolaji Aluko
Wilson,
You "love and respect" VC Aluko, yet you disagree with his' above? You have just confirmed why you should be ignored. If you disagree with straight-forward, obviously-sensible statement of someone you love and respect, whose statement will you ever agree with?
Ayo Ojutalayo
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"All of these nit-pickings are silly school-boy one-up-manships and njakiri. Our country is in more serious trouble than certificate verification." . . . . Bolaji Aluko
Wilson,
You "love and respect" VC Aluko, yet you disagree with his' above? You have just confirmed why you should be ignored. If you disagree with straight-forward, obviously-sensible statement of someone you love and respect, whose statement will you ever agree with?
Ayo Ojutalayo
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In as much as I love VC Aluko, and respect him a lot. I dare say that Pastor Joe's analogy is very appropriate. I bring this up NOT for the benefit of VC Aluko, but for the benefits of those that look up to him.
My concern (a reasonable one) is to ensure that best practices are applied. Every elections stands alone or is independent from others, thus the rules and guidelines for that election must be adhered to, as promulgated by the agency. So, if INEC says submit fresh application and documentation, just comply - no one forces anyone to serve or hold PUBLIC office. It MUST be done with FREE will and not with an attitude of doing the citizens a favor, which was deeply suggested when Buhari refused to comply with INEC's rules. God bless, and happy new year 2015. Peace! "I"
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Subject: Re: [africanworldforum] 'Buhari's academic records intact' - Vanguard News
In as much as I love VC Aluko, and respect him a lot. I dare say that Pastor Joe's analogy is very appropriate. I bring this up NOT for the benefit of VC Aluko, but for the benefits of those that look up to him.
My concern (a reasonable one) is to ensure that best practices are applied. Every elections stands alone or is independent from others, thus the rules and guidelines for that election must be adhered to, as promulgated by the agency. So, if INEC says submit fresh application and documentation, just comply - no one forces anyone to serve or hold PUBLIC office. It MUST be done with FREE will and not with an attitude of doing the citizens a favor, which was deeply suggested when Buhari refused to comply with INEC's rules. God bless, and happy new year 2015. Peace! "I"
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On Dec 30, 2014, at 7:30 PM, "Mobolaji Aluko" <alu...@gmail.com<mailto:alu...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Joe:
There is no point bringing up my university here. The analogy is inappropriate.
If I don't respond to you here, you will think that you have scored a bull's eye. If I respond, there will be more openings.
So I move on.....INEC has the credentials in question from 2011. All of these nit-pickings are silly school-boy one-up-manships and njakiri. Our country is in more serious trouble than certificate veriifcations.
And there you have it.
Bolaji Aluko
On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 11:49 PM, 'Joe Attueyi' via AfricanWorldForum <africanw...@googlegroups.com<mailto:africanw...@googlegroups.com>> wrote:
Prof Aluko
Is that what applies in your Uni?
The students who passed JAMB but were unsuccessful in your post JAMB test when reapplying simply tell your admissions dept that their school certificates 'are on file'?
Joe
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Joe:
There is no point bringing up my university here. The analogy is inappropriate.
If I don't respond to you here, you will think that you have scored a bull's eye. If I respond, there will be more openings.
So I move on.....INEC has the credentials in question from 2011. All of these nit-pickings are silly school-boy one-up-manships and njakiri. Our country is in more serious trouble than certificate veriifcations.
And there you have it.
Bolaji Aluko
On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 11:49 PM, 'Joe Attueyi' via AfricanWorldForum <africanw...@googlegroups.com<mailto:africanw...@googlegroups.com>> wrote:
Prof Aluko
Is that what applies in your Uni?
The students who passed JAMB but were unsuccessful in your post JAMB test when reapplying simply tell your admissions dept that their school certificates 'are on file'?
Joe
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By Levinus Nwabughiogu
ABUJA – Head, Media and Publicity of the Buhari Support Organization, BSO, Dr. Chidia Maduekwe last night debunked the insinuations in most quarters of the society that the academic records of his principal and presidential candidate of All Progressive Congress, General Mohammdu Buhari was in doubt.
Speaking with Vanguard, Maduekwue said it was a well orchestrated strategy by Buhari’s detractors to sway the minds of the public against him, assuring that they would not succeed.
According to him, the opponents, he said were afraid of Buhari’s candidacy hence the smeared campaign against him.
He wondered how a former military Head of State and three times Presidential candidate in previous elections would suddenly be found wanting in his academic qualifications.
“There should be no iota of doubt about General Mohammadu Buhari’s qualification. The records are there. He was not just a school prefect but a Head Boy. In the ages past, you can not enter the military school if there is any questionable mark about your school certificate or WAEC result as it were.
“So, that is clear. Your entry must be on acceptable pass mark before going to the military academy. Of course, the records are there both in Nigeria and outside Nigeria for anybody to cross check. We thank God we now live in the age of online.
“You can google everything. I mean, he couldn’t have run the presidential election for three times…and each time his documentation must be assessed by INEC. But now is the first time they are coming up with that.
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“So, that is clear. Your entry must be on acceptable pass mark before going to the military academy. Of course, the records are there both in Nigeria and outside Nigeria for anybody to cross check. We thank God we now live in the age of online.
“You can google everything. I mean, he couldn’t have run the presidential election for three times…and each time his documentation must be assessed by INEC. But now is the first time they are coming up with that.
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