“Buhari A Most Distinguised International Fellow”-US War College Commandant Letter To The Nigerian Army In 1980 Reveals

Following recent widespread smear campaigns against the presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), over his education, training and qualifications, SaharaReporters has unearthed a letter written by the United States Army War College, Pennsylvania praising Buhari’s intelligence and brilliance throughout his stint as a fellow at the prestigious military academy.

by SAHARAREPORTERS, NEW YORK

Following recent widespread smear campaigns against the presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), over his education, training and qualifications, SaharaReporters has unearthed a letter written by the United States Army War College, Pennsylvania praising Buhari’s intelligence and brilliance throughout his stint as a fellow at the prestigious military academy.






The letter obtained from a source within the Nigerian military shows that Buhari attended and graduated from the College with the Class of 1980 on June 9 of that year.

In a letter dated 13 June 1980 and addressed to then Chief of Defense Staff, General Alani Akinrinade, the Commandant of the War College, Major-General DeWitt C. Smith Jr described Buhari as “a most distinguished International Fellow” who graduated with the Class of 1980. Lieutenant General, DeWitt C. Smith, Jr, was the longest-serving commandant of the U.S. Army War College, he died in 2005 at the age of 84.


He also informed that while the College has no Class Standings in its grading system, “it should be pointed out that his performance was outstanding in every respect.”



During the ten-month course which was divided into the ‘Common Overview’ and ‘Advanced Courses’, Buhari took the prescribed courses, audited three other courses, and took it upon himself to visit US Army facilities in furtherance of his personal professional understanding of logistics management.





The former Nigerian military ruler turned civil democrat was also credited for his thorough understanding of the major issues in American and global affairs as a result of his “obvious research and analytical facilities far exceeding the majority of his contemporaries.”

Buhari, the War College Commandant continued, also towered over and above his colleagues in written aspects of the Course Work. “his written efforts were “FIRST-RATE” and noted for their outstanding quality of research, logic and communications skills. Brigadier Buhari’s oral presentations consistently reflected those gifts of mind and hearing which are essential in command or group endeavours. His individual presentations were of exceptional value in that he avoided vague generalities and focused on the issues which involved hard, detailed choices.”

Among his class mates, Buhari was described as having the remarkable ability to deal with wide range of issues, no matter their complexities, simultaneously. He also displayed an outstanding “political sensitivity and intimate knowledge of current political-military problems.” He was a key motivator among his course mates as he was able “to effectively contrast his own Army’s command and management philosophies and practices with the United States Army’s in such a way as to be beneficial and educational to all.” He was admired and respected by his colleagues.

Buhari was equally an active participant in extra-curricular activities; he was the Assistant Coach of a junior level soccer team in the local community. Besides, “Muhammadu, his lovely wife Safinatu, and his young family were actively involved in the social life of the College and were a credit to Nigeria.” The Commandant concluded the letter with strong recommendations of Buhari for his exceptional potentials that qualify him to be worthy of the trust of the Nigerian Army and Government.

Following his emergence as the Presidential Candidate of the opposition All Progressive Congress (APC) in a presidential primary that was widely acclaimed as most democratically transparent, General Buhari’s educational training and credentials had been queried in public by key members of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). It was speculated that he had no requisite qualifications for the office of President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The Nigerian Army authorities also joined the fray by claiming it was not in possession of Buhari’s certificates.



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I'VE TRIED TO ATTACH COPY OF THE COMMENDATION LETTER PERSONALLY SIGNED BY THE COMMANDANT AND ADDRESSED TO GENERAL ALANI AKINRINADE TO THIS POST BUT NAIRALAND KEEPS RETURNING AN ERROR MESSAGE GUESS IT IS DUE TO THE LETTER BEING IN PDF FORMAT, CLICK THE LINK ABOVE TO READ IT, IT IS REALLY A NICE DETAILED READ

That's the personality and brilliance of the man "Mohammadu Buhari"

International recognition indeed....Vote GEJ and ur Life will be destroy like Borno state....Vote for the change we have been waiting for....SAI Buhari

That's one of the reasons they are afraid of the man







This is someone that the school can call their own because he did excel in his chosen career and not someone u keep asking yourself if he actually bagged his PhD degree with some of actions and utterances

nonsense, balderdash and utterly rubbish

obviously a biased post. all these praises and they only awarded him a

diploma. meanwhile the so called genius couldn't scale ordinary SSCE

America should have given him an automatic citizenship if he was that good

and now the commandant is conveniently dead, so no one to proof the authenticity of the

the so called letter.

pls sahara reporters and their APC pay masters should try another angle

this horse wont fly

gej until buhari goes back to school for his SSCE cert

The choice in the next election is clear and is between a man with PhD and yet no professor or any of his supervisors have come forward to identify with him or praise his performance as a research student and a General whose Commandant singled out for INTELLIGENCE AND BRILLANCE.

That he went out of his way to do beyond the dictate of the curriculum just to acquire more knowledge and information shows his determination to excel in what he set out to do.

The only student of GEJ we see is his wife "mama peace" and her intelligence is a measure of his brilliance.

Is it obvious why the Nation is in its present state with a PhD holder who is bereft of ideas, I think his possession of that degree should be investigated.

Buhari have been vindicated by those who taught him, let someone who taught GEJ come forward please.

GEJ the most corrupt Nig. leader

I know both lies and truth will make news now they are part of electioneering campaign just as the end time has it sign

pendy79:
SaharaReporters has unearthed a letter written by the United States Army War College,
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The letter obtained from a source within the Nigerian military shows that Buhari attended and graduated from the College with the Class of 1980 on June 9 of that year.

In a letter dated 13 June 1980 and addressed to then Chief of Defense Staff, General Alani Akinrinade, the Commandant of the War College, Major-General DeWitt C. Smith Jr described Buhari as “a most distinguished International Fellow” who graduated with the Class of 1980. Lieutenant General, DeWitt C. Smith, Jr, was the longest-serving commandant of the U.S. Army War College, he died in 2005 at the age of 84.

Saharareporters unearths letter from a dead man, right
And the letter was obtained from a source in the Nigerian military, nor be so?

But this same source cannot help Buhari to unearth his certificate, abi


How many mumus are in the house?



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pendy79:
Buhari have been vindicated by those who taught him, let someone who taught GEJ come forward please.

Vindicated by a DEAD man!
Very convenient indeed!




Kai Buhari!!!
#Liberate-Lagos

TANoids how market?

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Saharareporters unearths letter from a dead man, right
And the letter was obtained from a source in the Nigerian military, nor be so?

But this same source cannot help Buhari to unearth his certificate, abi


How many mumus are in the house?


If your brain is not hibernating you would have been able to decipher what the thread is all about.

If you write a letter of recommendation, does it remain with you the writer?

Why are you people supporting GEJ as foolish and stupid like him?

the letter was written to General Alani AKinrinade, won't he file it in the military correspondence?

Yimu

jerseyboy:
Yimu

Abi oh.
These Association of Pretending Crooks, APC people think we are all mumus afflicted by Cow Cloned Brain Syndrome, CCBS like they are

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anonimi:



Saharareporters unearths letter from a dead man, right
And the letter was obtained from a source in the Nigerian military, nor be so?

But this same source cannot help Buhari to unearth his certificate, abi


How many mumus are in the house?



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Vindicated by a DEAD man!
Very convenient indeed!




Kai Buhari!!!
#Liberate-Lagos

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Sai buhari. Sai change

orimsamsam:
Sai buhari. Sai change

Buhari don become conductor since when
I thought it was only Osinbajo who was running around in BRT buses
















Kai Buhari!!!
#Liberate-Lagos

okay.

You can take away the valour which is among the chief consanguinity of the towering people's general.
No one outside this country can say anything good about gej. What u hear about him is boko haram, crumbling economy , corruption , cluelessness, weakness etc.

Caseless:
You can take away the valour which is among the chief consangnuity of the towering people's general.
No one outside this country can say anything good about gej. What u hear about him is boko haram, crumbling economy , corruption , cluelessness, weakness etc.

(1) Are these two organisations

- Transparency International

http://www.transparency.org/

and

- the Global Financial Initiative

http://www.gfintegrity.org/issue/illicit-financial-flows/


not outside this country


(2) Perhaps your problem is that you do NOT consider the news that our country IMPROVED by eight places in 2014 compared to 2013 on TI's corruption index to be good news.
Perhaps you also do not consider the GFI acknowledgement that corruption money outflows from Nigeria in 2012 was less than HALF the average in 10 year period of 2002-2012 to be good news


So which of the two cases (1) or (2) is your own problem?
Abi na the two both of them?




Kai Buhari!!!
#Liberate-Lagos

pendy79:
That's the personality and brilliance of the man "Mohammadu Buhari"

16 years of PDP misrule has turned Nigerians into anything but PDP, anything but Jona.
They said they had given PDP everything and PDP had given absolutely nothing back in return, this is our own revolution, come and see people branding their t-shirts GMB and campaigning at newspaper stands at least this is what is happening in my hood.
They said they can manage an illiterate president, what they can't stand is a greedy fool pretending to be educated.

Is it not easier to publish the WASC result?

Why run around in circles if Buhari actually posseses a certificate. I am beginning to believe Buhari entered the military through the backdoor.

7lives:


16 years of PDP misrule has turned Nigerians into anything but PDP, anything but Jona.
They said they had given PDP everything and PDP had given absolutely nothing back in return, this is our own revolution, come and see people branding their t-shirts GMB and campaigning at newspaper stands at least this is what is happening in my hood.
They said they can manage an illiterate president, what they can't stand is a greedy fool pretending to be educated.

My broda, I wish buhari was an illiterate as they try painting him and foolish gullible idiots who support the continuity of this hopeless governance are promulgating stupidity.

We were happy we got 2 graduates as president and vice in 2011 not knowing they are the worst combo in leadership any country will ever see.