ITbomb: Why is he always smiling?

should he be crying?

Behold the man of the moment, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, see as the military fatigue siddon wella for in body Just look at the face of Ihejirika, you can tell, he is BOLD and BRAVE personified!

My presido...nice outfit...u've done well but we need you to wrk harder for our country.

He is The COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF of The Armed Forces,so why not?....he looks very fit btw.

frankkky: legally speaking he has the full rights to wear it as the C-in-C and also The presido has always loved the miltary and uniforms so i guess that comes into play here but that doesnt take away the fact that we are in a democracy and the miltary takes orders from the civilan headship

goodluck jonathan has no right to wear military atire. He was given the title of commander in chief by election. To wear that uniforms, to have those stars on their shoulder, to have those medals on their chest, men have died, lost limbs, saw hell. And it is an insult and unconstitutional for a lecturer who was elected president to play dress up with that most prestigeous uniform.

Nigerian Army Day Celebration (NADCEL
2013) SEEN LIVE on NTA NETWORK
* Acrobatic displays underway. – visible in the background is a Landcruiser gun-truck obviously part of the security operations.
* Nigerian Army paratroopers jumped as theC-in-C watched through binoculars. The Airborne Wing of the Nigerian Army School of Infantry was set up with the help of Major Bradford of the US Army in 1986. One of the jumpers was a 41 year old Lt Colonel who is the Chief Instructor of the Airborne Wing at NASI. Of the jumpers, the youngest had performed 259 halo jumps and 45 combat jumps. One paratrooper, a MWO, had 450+ halo jumps and 85 combat jumps tucked under his belt.
* MILITARY POLICE K9 Unit – (WAR DOG) . They have been active in the Northeast on CTCOIN operations. Interesting to know that the Commanding Officer of the War Dog Unit is someone who I met in 1995 as a young Lieutenant when he was AO Camp at the Provost Battalion at Ojo Cantonment, Lagos, in the person of Colonel Armstrong Bitiyong – worthy first son of the brilliant Lt. Colonel Musa Bitiyong who was killed in March 1986. Armstrong’s farher, Musa Bitiyong alongside the late Brigadier Ibrahim
Ahmadu Bako, led the operations which
scouted the forests of Zimbabwe to
convince ZANLA and ZIPRA guerrillas to
come out and be sent to Nigeria for training, preparatory to integration into
the new Zimbabwe National Army
Moving on, there are three War Dog platoons active in the Northeast with a totalof 20 dogs in operation. The dogs are variously trained in explosive detection, narcotics detection, cadavar detection, search and rescue, checkpoint control and patrolling.
* COMBAT MARCH AND EQUIPMENT DISPLAY
Leading the armoured vehicles was the Made-in-Nigeria Igirigi APC, painted in even more beautiful desert camouflage.The Igirigi APC was immediately followed by an array of eight Panhard VBL scout cars. Next came three Panhard AML 60 armoured fighting vehicles and a lone Panhard M3 APC(first-ever sighting in Nigerian service by this commentator), albeit configured as a battlefield ambulance.
Next came five Scorpion light tanks which were followed by five tracked Spartan APCs and seven beautiful Otokar Cobra APCs painted in desert camouflage – a Nigerian first. These were in turn followed by seven Panhard ERC90 Sagaie AFVs which were firstinducted into Nigerian Army service in 1988.
* The Nigerian Army Engineers were led in by fabulously kitted combat engineers and they also displayed a range of engineering vehicles.
* The NA Signals Corps followed with an assortment of communications hardware configured on Mercedes Benz and Landcruiser trucks. The Stallion Surveillance Vehicle configured on a Pinzgauer ATV chassis by 51 Div Signals also displayed.
Heartwarming was the strong showing put in by the Landcruiser – the Army’s new and very appropriate bride and a move away from thousands of Toyota Hilux,Mitsubishi and Ford Ranger 4WD trucks. Toyota Landcruiser trucks and jeeps exclusively deployed today.
* The Ordnance Corps followed the Signals Corps with a Made-in-Nigeria field kitchen and a Made-in-Nigeria
airconditioned desert tent. Cheery.
* The Nigerian Army Corps of Artillery. More shock effect. Three ZSU-Shilka
SPAAGs passed by followed by four
Landcruiser C3 command post vehicles Next came a Mercedes Benz MB 2628
prime mover with a Bofors FH77B 155mm artillery piece in tow. They were closely followed by Palmaria self-propelled 155mm artillery – weighing 43 tons and protected against nuclear, biological and chemical weapons
* Combat March by the various corps of the Nigerian Army followed
CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF’S COMMENDATION 2013
+ Major General NC Maduegbunam,Commander NA Electrical and Mechanical Engineers; Innovation Award for fabrication of Electronic Target Acquisition Machine and Mobile Kitchen, rehabilitation of Steyr APCs and completion of the Command Workshop in Kaduna
- Major General AK Kwaskebe, Commander NA Corps of Artillery; Innovation Award for repairs of several artillery weapons and allied equipment.
- Major General JN Nwaoga, Commander NA Armoured Corps; Innovation Award for the resuscitation of Panhard AFVs and effective command of 23 Armoured Brigade in CTCOIN operations until 2012
- Major General GA Wahab, GOC 1 Mechanised Infantry Division; Operations Award for greatly curbing the menacing of insurgency and terrorism in his volatile areaof operations which covers flashpoints suchas Kano, Kaduna, Sokoto etc
- Brig General II Abba, Commander 3 Brigade; Operations Award – for his effective command of troops to greatly curnattacks by insurgents and terrorists in Kanoand insulating the states of Jigawa and Katsina under his AOR from the menace of terrorists.
- Brig General BO Ogunkale Commander 43 Div Engrs: Innovation Award for the fabrication of appropriate special equipment(Landcruiser gun-trucks) and special equipment used for CTCOIN operations in NE Nigeria
- Brig Gen CT Olukoju, Commander 51 Division NA Signals; Innovation Award for the creation of the Stallion Surveillance Vehicle which has made video monitoring and live streaming, ground to air communications and internet access available at the frontlines in Mali and NE Nigeria
- Brig Gen OZ Azinta, Commander 13 Amphibious Brigade; Integrity Award for rejecting $30,000 bribe during his time as Chief of Staff of the Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta
- Lt Colonel AK Lawal, Commanding Officer Command Workshop Kaduna; Innovation Award for his role in the fabrication of a Mobile Kitchen mounted on a Toyota Landcruiser
- Lt Colonel Y Ibrahim, SO1 Personnel, NA Armoured Corps; Innovation Award for the development of an automated personnel management system relating to credit facilities and postings; helped to resolve issues relating to the braking system of the Panhard AML 60.
- Major AK Ali, Instructor NDA; Innovation Award for the production of a detailed map of NDA training areas in southeast Kaduna.
- Capt YM Abdullahi, Platoon Commander 2 Bn Warri; Gallantry Award for exploots while on JTF operations in the Niger Delta
- Major IBM Madu, Commander 34 Bde MEDE Centre, Innovation Award
- Lt DA Oloniba Troop Commander in the 23 Support Engineers Regiment; Innovation Award for special equipment leading to better CTCOIN ops in NE Nigeria
* 12 soldiers also received commendation awards for roles in supporting equipment fabrication, data management and sports.

naptu2:

*shock*! Are you saying the president of nigeria is not commander inn chief By the way, I have a picture of Sir Winston in uniform.

the commander in chief title is for the CIVILIAN president. It does'nt give him the right to insult the army uniform by wearing it while he has never served. Obama is u.s commander in chief but can never wear military atire. Winston churchill served in the british army ith distiction and rejoined the army as prime minister during world war 2, when the british wear short of soildeirs. He famously wanted to join the D-day invasion but was stopped by king george vi. So he was perfectly qualified to wear the uniform.

raytony: *Clears eyes*. Who I dey see for military uniform so? Don't think I have ever seen that in other countries.

You Mean u'v not seen this?

@Handsomeemmy. You're too much.

He looks nice btw

raytony: *Clears eyes*. Who I dey see for military uniform so? Don't think I have ever seen that in other countries.

Are you not away that GEJ as the C in C is the highest ranking officer of the armed forces?

he is wearing a five star general (field marshal G.E. Jonathan)

3 hearty cheers 4 d C in C of the Armed Forces of the FRN..Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan..PARADE WiLL REMOVE HAIR DRESS


Remove Hair dresser....kpam

niggi4life: It is only in Nigeria i know that the civilian president wears a military uniform, Even none of the Civilian presidents of the United States wore a military uniform, i don't know where we always get our own ideologies from.

Because we re nigerians . we must not copy

~Bluetooth:

I wonder why those soldiers couldn't open fire on the retardeen so Nigerians can be finally free !

SHAME ON U. BOKO HARAM ARE RECRUITING , GO AND JOIN. COWARD!!

Symphony007: Does'nt mr president have advisers. Were did he get this crazy idea of wearing military uniform in a democracy? A civilian commander in chief in civilain clothes being saluted and giving orders to the unifromed military is central in our constitution. He is not even an ex-service man like obj. Did yar adua ever wear military atire? Even north korea with all it's propagandar, the kims never wear miltary atire.

get ur facts well the kim change millitary attaire like pure water stop hating

He looks cool

Symphony007: the british monarch is commander in chief and is entitled to wear a military uniform because all british monarchs served in the army. You don't see the prime minister wearing military uniform.

get a life becos it is not done in another place dosen't mean it should be a taboo in our land different coutries different rules and also the british monarchs control d army pm is just accountants office the true rulers are the monarchs thats why it is called royal navy, royal airforce. Get a life if u look at wat every other person does it means u dont have a life.

raytony: *Clears eyes*. Who I dey see for military uniform so? Don't think I have ever seen that in other countries.

ode he is the GCFR. Go learn some basic things about your constitution

Please the red and black colors represent what exactly??

nigeria should leave army power and go to develop technology and air power,cus with this quality of our military now,south africa will wipe us out when it comes to war,the world don advance pass that stage,we are in droping missles and air development weapons times,south africa has any chemical,air weapon that they even did nuclear weapon but were stopped by the u.s,think twice,one atomic bomb from air don destoy 20 barracks with their armies,nija sharp up

Guy you Photoshopped this.
That's Abachas picture

silvernus0:


You Mean u'v not seen this?

ITbomb: Why is he always smiling?

b'cus he dn't knw what x 2 du

king arizona: Choi!!! Oga johah get muscle o!!!!

You try carry patience for sometime if you no go get.

raytony: *Clears eyes*. Who I dey see for military uniform so? Don't think I have ever seen that in other countries.

MAYBE OTHER COUNTRIES SHOULD COPY THIS
IT WONT BE BAD TO SEE OBAMA IN UNIFORM

sobaemma: nigeria should leave army power and go to develop technology and air power,cus with this quality of our military now,south africa will wipe us out when it comes to war,the world don advance pass that stage,we are in droping missles and air development weapons times,south africa has any chemical,air weapon that they even did nuclear weapon but were stopped by the u.s,think twice,one atomic bomb from air don destoy 20 barracks with their armies,nija sharp up

Is it South Africans dat were slaughtered by rebels in the CAR learn to appreciate what u have.

Cant believe you all are surprised seeing GEJ on MILITARY uniform when he is the Chief of Arm Force in Nigeria...he is the Number 1 Man in the Nigeria Military.

That army day looks like a Youth parade. They cant even fight Boko Haram or even Cameroon. After the event, they will all go back to buy fuel to put in their gen if not, how they go manage watch Chelsea play?

@sobaemma SA never had nukes. They were only a high 'risk country' (forgot what exactly countries who were very likely to get it were called at the time)

secondly, you know not too muc about developments in the armed forces

ocelot2006:

This is the FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA NOT the USA. Different countries, different traditions.

Exactly! I don't know why some people have so much complex. Why should we do everything like USA, Britain or even North Korea. Some people hardly ever comment without bringing other countries into the discussion. It's really annoying

What a busy busy day. Time to relax and post.