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… just like 1999 when Obasanjo took over, same fate awaits top military officers
The Nigerian military has directed top military officers to turn in their application of voluntary retirement.
Recall that in 1999 when Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo assumed office, all officers above the course time line of the service chiefs including those who held political appointments were compulsorily retired.
TheNewsGuru.com reports that the massive retirement in the military cuts across the three arms of the Military (Army, Navy and Airforce).
It was further gathered that the directive of Massive retirement in the Nigerian Military is to be acted on with immediate effort.
The affected senior officers who are expected to file in their voluntary retirement are officers above the NDA Regular Course 39.
The latest top retirement in the Nigerian Armed forces is not unconnected to the latest appointment is service chiefs by the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration.
The officers are expected to turn in their voluntary retirement applications not later than Monday July 3.
This was made known in statement from the Defense Headquarters and signed by Y Yahaya, Maj Gen for the Chief of Defense Staff.
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