Former military President General Ibrahim Babangida yesterday rose in defence of the APC presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari, on the genuineness of his secondary school certificate.

Gen. Babangida warned that any attempt to politicise the military would not be in the nation’s interest.
“It is a very dangerous thing to do,” he told The Nationin an interview in Minna.

He said there was no way Buhari would have risen to the rank of a general in the army without possessing the basic educational qualification.

Babangida, who was reacting to the controversy sparked by the certificate in an exclusive interview, said the army, as an institution, subjects all its intakes to proper scrutiny, training and re-training.
He was shocked at the heat generated by the issue and advised those who feel aggrieved to go to court.

He warned that the military should not be ridiculed as it remains,in his opinion, the only institution of national unity and that it is passionate about acquisition of knowledge by its officers.

His words:”The military is one institution that believes in constant learning and training. You receive the initial training from the Staff College. After one year, you go for another round of intensive training that is all encompassing.

“It is one institution that is concerned about knowledge, even in warfare. The military requires you to keep abreast of development in warfare, weaponry and education.

“Perhaps, military is the best institution that is concerned about training and knowledge and about discipline because no officer is considered for promotion without having the prerequisite qualification and must pass the required examinations”.

He cautioned the political class to desist from politicising the military, pointing out that any such attempt will be dangerous for the institution and the nation.

“The military remains the institution of unity. I will not support the idea of politicising the military,” he said.
The former military leader was, however, full of confidence that the military will strive to keep above the scheming of the politicians “as it is capable and will resist any undue attempt to influence it.

“This is nothing but politics. I think those aggrieved should know what to do. Anybody who feels aggrieved should go to court and let the court make a pronouncement that will settle everything”.

“The military remains the institution of unity. I will not support the idea of politicising the military,” he said.

don33310:
I am not a fan of IBB,he has spoken well

Samchelsea:
The Jonathan administration has built more schools
than any other government so @APCNigeria and its
members can learn proper use of grammar. #GEJisit

focus7:
we are not in the classroom so far u can get the informations. However, I have learnt something from Jonathan scenario that u passed through the four wall of a classroom and earn a doctorate degree does not make u intelligent. I want u to judge it yourself, Jonathan is likely among the highest degree holders among the presidents we have around the world, but can think of anyone as clueless and incompetent as him given the level of resources he has access to? Beside, I doubt the credibility of Jonathan degree certificates, I am not sure he earned them, knowing the systems that operates in Nigeria, he could be one of those that someone has to be paid to get the certificates for him, he has failed to display ability to defend his degrees. I know someone who paid people to to sit for him in exam to acquire all his certificates from the secondary level to university level, he is second to Jonathan in cluelessness. To buttress my point, no credible doctorate degree holder of public relevant we abandon his wife in a state of intellectual recklessness to commit blunders everywhere with grammars like PEJ. A true doctor would have hired experts to work on her.

KwoiZabo:
I have spotted this the nation newspaper, It's an APC newspaper.